storage-lifecycle-from-provisioning-to-reclaim

Status: IN

OpenShift storage follows a complete lifecycle model: CSI plugin architecture provides the backend, PVCs progress through three phases (Pending→Bound→Lost) with indefinite waiting semantics, StorageClass defaults to Delete reclaim policy, and ClusterCSIDriver enforces platform-specific limits (e.g., vSphere 3-snapshot cap) — creating a governed resource lifecycle from claim through cleanup.

Justifications

depth-1 grouping — storage resources follow a complete lifecycle with specific phase transitions and cleanup semantics

Depends on (SL): ocp-storage-uses-csi-plugin-architecture, pvc-three-phases, unbound-pvc-waits-indefinitely, storageclass-default-reclaimpolicy-delete

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