diff --git a/kubernetes/sdnc/templates/db-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/sdnc/templates/db-deployment.yaml
index fc692ba..8370798 100644
--- a/kubernetes/sdnc/templates/db-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/sdnc/templates/db-deployment.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
           periodSeconds: 10
       volumes:
       - name: sdnc-data
-        hostPath:
-          path: /dockerdata-nfs/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/sdnc/data
+        persistentVolumeClaim:
+          claimName: sdnc-db
       imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}-docker-registry-key"
diff --git a/kubernetes/sdnc/templates/sdnc-pv-pvc.yaml b/kubernetes/sdnc/templates/sdnc-pv-pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac890c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/sdnc/templates/sdnc-pv-pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolume
+metadata:
+  name: sdnc-db
+  namespace: "{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}-sdnc"
+  labels:
+    name: sdnc-db
+spec:
+  capacity:
+    storage: 2Gi
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteMany
+  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
+  hostPath:
+    path: /dockerdata-nfs/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/sdnc/data
+---
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+apiVersion: v1
+metadata:
+  name: sdnc-db
+  namespace: "{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}-sdnc"
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteMany
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 2Gi
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      name: sdnc-db