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MinIO is an open-source, high-performance, distributed object storage system designed for storing unstructured data such as photos, videos, log files, backups, and container images. It is compatible with Amazon S3 APIs, making it easy to integrate with existing cloud-native applications. MinIO is known for its simplicity, scalability, and robustness, enabling it to handle petabytes of data with minimal resource consumption. It is often used in cloud-native environments, including Kubernetes, and supports features like erasure coding, bitrot protection, and encryption. MinIO can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edge, making it versatile for various storage needs.
A Persistent Volume Claim (PVC) in OpenShift is a request for storage by a user or application. It abstracts the details of storage provisioning by allowing users to claim a specific amount of storage from a Persistent Volume (PV), which is a piece of storage in the cluster. The PVC defines the desired size, access modes, and other properties, while OpenShift dynamically binds it to an available PV that meets the specified requirements. Once bound, the PVC provides persistent storage that can be used by pods, ensuring data remains available even if the pod is deleted or rescheduled.
Creating the persistent volume claim is nothing more than applying the yaml definition, which you can find at https://github.com/maarten-vandeperre/developer-hub-documentation/tree/main/gitops/minio/minio-persistent-volume-claim.yaml. When applied, you should wait until it becomes ready, which can take a couple of minutes.