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Manage FlashBlade PVCs

On-premises users who want to integrate Pure Storage FlashBlade with Portworx on Kubernetes can attach FlashBlade as a Direct Access filesystem. In this configuration, Portworx directly provisions FlashBlade filesystems, associates them with a user's Persistent Volume Claim (PVC), and mounts them to pods. Once mounted, the application writes data directly to the FlashBlade filesystem.

This mounting method avoids the use of storage pools, offering efficient, low-latency access to FlashBlade's high-performance file storage. The direct filesystem integration is particularly suited for workloads that require fast, scalable access to unstructured data.

FlashBlade Direct Access support the following CSI operations:

  • Basic filesystem operations: create, mount, expand, unmount, delete
  • Mount options: Configure file system mount options

Refer to the following sections for detailed instructions on creating, mounting, or resizing PVCs mapped to the FlashBlade Direct Access filesystem, which provide storage for your application.

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