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PV is actual storage; PVC is user request bound to a matching PV.
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PV (PersistentVolume) is the actual storage resource — provisioned and available in the cluster. PVC (PersistentVolumeClaim) is a request for storage from a Pod — "I need 10Gi of ReadWriteOnce storage." Kubernetes binds a matching PV to the PVC. Pods use the PVC; they don't interact with the PV directly.
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