Version: 4.5.x

StorageClass Parameters

This document describes all supported StorageClass parameters for Local PV Rawfile and explains how to configure them. These parameters control filesystem selection, provisioning behavior, snapshot support, mount options, and storage pool targeting.

fstype (Optional)

Specifies the filesystem used to format the volume. If unspecified, falls back to the node plugin's defaultFs (chart value node.defaultFs, default ext4). Ignored for volumeMode: Block PVCs.

Supported values: ext4 (default), xfs, btrfs.

apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
  name: rawfile-xfs
provisioner: rawfile.csi.openebs.io
volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
allowVolumeExpansion: true
parameters:
  csi.storage.k8s.io/fstype: xfs

note

Parameter keys are matched case-insensitively by the driver. Values must be strings - quote booleans (e.g. "true", "false").

thinProvision (Optional)

Controls whether the backing file is pre-allocated (thick) or sparse (thin).

"false" (default) - Thick provisioning. The full backing file is allocated at volume creation time. Space is consumed from the pool upfront and overprovisioning is not possible.
"true" - Thin provisioning. A sparse backing file is created and disk space is allocated on write. This enables overprovisioning, so you must monitor real pool usage (rawfile_pool_remaining_capacity_bytes) to avoid running the backing filesystem out of space.

apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
  name: rawfile-thin
provisioner: rawfile.csi.openebs.io
volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
allowVolumeExpansion: true
parameters:
  csi.storage.k8s.io/fstype: ext4
  thinProvision: "true"

formatOptions (Optional)

Extra flags passed to mkfs.<fstype> when the volume is formatted at creation time. Applied only once at first format - not on subsequent mounts.

Examples:

ext4: "-m 0" removes the 5% root-reserved block reservation, making the full capacity available to applications.
xfs: "-i maxpct=10" limits inode space.

parameters:
  csi.storage.k8s.io/fstype: ext4
  formatOptions: "-m 0"

note

In Helm chart values, formatOptions is a list that is joined with spaces at runtime:

storageClasses:
  - name: rawfile-localpv
    formatOptions: ["-m", "0"]

copyOnWrite (Optional)

Controls the copy-on-write (reflink) attribute on the volume's backing file.

Unset (recommended) - The driver autodetects CoW support on each pool's backing filesystem and applies it accordingly.
"true" - Explicitly enable CoW. The pool's backing filesystem must support reflinks (btrfs natively, or XFS created with mkfs.xfs -m reflink=1).
"false" - Explicitly disable CoW. Useful for database workloads where nodatacow improves write performance.

When CoW is enabled, snapshots and clones are cheap (reflink copy). Without CoW, snapshots perform a full data copy.

parameters:
  csi.storage.k8s.io/fstype: xfs
  copyOnWrite: "true"

freezeFs (Optional)

"false" (default) - No filesystem freeze during snapshot.
"true" - The volume's filesystem is briefly frozen (fsfreeze) while a snapshot of an in-use volume is taken, producing a crash-consistent image.

Use this when the pool's backing filesystem does not support CoW and you need consistent snapshots of running volumes. Expect a brief I/O pause on the volume during snapshot creation.

important

On a non-CoW pool with freezeFs: "true", the filesystem stays frozen for the entire duration of the data copy. For large volumes this can be significant. Prefer a CoW-capable pool filesystem where possible.

parameters:
  csi.storage.k8s.io/fstype: ext4
  copyOnWrite: "false"
  freezeFs: "true"

mountOptions (Optional)

Mount flags passed to the mount command when the volume is attached to a pod. If unspecified, -o default is used.

apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
kind: StorageClass
metadata:
  name: rawfile-noatime
provisioner: rawfile.csi.openebs.io
volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
allowVolumeExpansion: true
mountOptions:
  - noatime
parameters:
  csi.storage.k8s.io/fstype: ext4

note

Mount options are not validated by the driver. If mount options are invalid, the volume mount will fail.

storagePool (Optional)

Targets a specific named storage pool on the node. If omitted, the node's defaultPool is used.

parameters:
  csi.storage.k8s.io/fstype: xfs
  storagePool: nvme

important

Omit the storagePool key entirely to use the default pool. Setting it to an empty string ("") is rejected as an invalid pool name.

Provisioning fails with INVALID_ARGUMENT if the named pool does not exist on the selected node.

volumeBindingMode (Required)

important

Always use WaitForFirstConsumer. The driver requires the node topology set by the Kubernetes scheduler to provision a volume. Using Immediate fails with "No preferred topology set".

Value	Behavior
`WaitForFirstConsumer`	Volume is provisioned when a pod using the PVC is scheduled - node is chosen by the scheduler
`Immediate`	Not supported - provisioning fails

allowVolumeExpansion (Optional)

Set to true to enable online volume expansion. Requires capabilities.resize.enabled=true in the Helm chart (default). Supported for ext4, xfs, and btrfs. Shrinking is not supported.

allowVolumeExpansion: true

reclaimPolicy (Optional)

Controls what happens to the backing file and PV when the PVC is deleted.

Value	Behavior
`Delete` (default)	The PV and its backing file are deleted when the PVC is released
`Retain`	The PV and backing file are kept until manually deleted