The default reclaim policy for a PersistentVolume (PV) in Kubernetes is Delete. This means that when a PV is released from its associated PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC), the underlying storage resource (such as an EBS volume in AWS or a GCE PD in Google Cloud) will be deleted automatically along with the PV.
Summary
- Default Reclaim Policy:
Delete - Behavior: Automatically deletes the PV and the associated storage resource when the PVC is deleted.
If you want to use a different reclaim policy (such as Retain), you need to explicitly specify it in the PV definition.
