01-storage-class.yml

apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
  name: managed-premium-retain-sc
provisioner: kubernetes.io/azure-disk
reclaimPolicy: Retain  # Default is Delete, recommended is retain
volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer # Default is Immediate, recommended is WaitForFirstConsumer
allowVolumeExpansion: true  
parameters:
  storageaccounttype: Standard_LRS # or we can use Standard_LRS ,Premium_LRS
  kind: Managed # Default is shared, recommended is Managed

# Additional Reference
# https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/storage-classes/#azure-disk

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# Note - 1:
#volumeBindingMode: Immediate - This setting implies that the PersistentVolumecreation, 
#followed with the storage medium (Azure Disk in this case) provisioning is triggered as 
#soon as the PersistentVolumeClaim is created.

# Note - 2:
# volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer 
#By default, the Immediate mode indicates that volume binding and dynamic provisioning 
#occurs once the PersistentVolumeClaim is created. For storage backends that are 
#topology-constrained and not globally accessible from all Nodes in the cluster, 
#PersistentVolumes will be bound or provisioned without knowledge of the Pod's scheduling 
#requirements. This may result in unschedulable Pods.
#A cluster administrator can address this issue by specifying the WaitForFirstConsumer 
#mode which will delay the binding and provisioning of a PersistentVolume until a 
#Pod using the PersistentVolumeClaim is created. PersistentVolumes will be selected or 
#provisioned conforming to the topology that is specified by the Pod's scheduling 
#constraints. 
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# Note - 3: 
#reclaimPolicy: Delete - With this setting, as soon as a PersistentVolumeClaim is deleted, 
#it also triggers the removal of the corresponding PersistentVolume along with the 
#Azure Disk. 
#We will be surprised provided if we intended to retain that data as backup.
# reclaimPolicy: retain -  Disk is retained even when PVC is deleted - Recommended Option

# Note - 4:
# Both reclaimPolicy: Delete and volumeBindingMode: Immediate are default settings
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