Storage support and default modes

Forklift supports KubeVirt storage features.

Note

If the KubeVirt storage does not support dynamic provisioning, Forklift applies the default settings, Filesystem volume mode and ReadWriteOnce access mode. Filesystem volume mode is slower than Block volume mode. ReadWriteOnce access mode does not enable live VM migration.

Forklift uses the following default volume and access modes.

Table 1. Default volume and access modes
Provisioner Volume mode Access mode

kubernetes.io/aws-ebs

Block

ReadWriteOnce

kubernetes.io/azure-disk

Block

ReadWriteOnce

kubernetes.io/azure-file

Filesystem

ReadWriteMany

kubernetes.io/cinder

Block

ReadWriteOnce

kubernetes.io/gce-pd

Block

ReadWriteOnce

kubernetes.io/hostpath-provisioner

Filesystem

ReadWriteOnce

manila.csi.openstack.org

Filesystem

ReadWriteMany

openshift-storage.cephfs.csi.ceph.com

Filesystem

ReadWriteMany

openshift-storage.rbd.csi.ceph.com

Block

ReadWriteOnce

kubernetes.io/rbd

Block

ReadWriteOnce

kubernetes.io/vsphere-volume

Block

ReadWriteOnce