Kubernetes

Explain "Dynamic Provisioning" and "Static Provisioning"

Difficulty: unrated

Source: bregman-arie/devops-exercises by Arie Bregman

Answer

The main difference relies on the moment when you want to configure storage. For instance, if you need to pre-populate data in a volume, you choose static provisioning. Whereas, if you need to create volumes on demand, you go for dynamic provisioning.