website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/storage-class.md

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	aka	tags
Storage Class	storageclass	2018-04-12	/docs/concepts/storage/storage-classes	A StorageClass provides a way for administrators to describe different available storage types.		core-object storage

A StorageClass provides a way for administrators to describe different available storage types.

StorageClasses can map to quality-of-service levels, backup policies, or to arbitrary policies determined by cluster administrators. Each StorageClass contains the fields provisioner, parameters, and reclaimPolicy, which are used when a {{< glossary_tooltip text="Persistent Volume" term_id="persistent-volume" >}} belonging to the class needs to be dynamically provisioned. Users can request a particular class using the name of a StorageClass object.