<p>I've currently set up a PVC with the name <code>minio-pvc</code> and created a deployment based on the <a href="https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/minio" rel="nofollow noreferrer">stable/minio chart</a> with the values</p>

<pre><code>mode: standalone
replicas: 1
persistence:
  enabled: true
  existingClaim: minio-pvc
</code></pre>

<p>What happens if I increase the number of replicas? Do i run the risk of corrupting data if more than one pod tries to write to the PVC at the same time?</p>

<p>Don't use deployment for stateful containers. Instead use StatefulSets. 
StatefulSets are specifically designed for running stateful containers like databases. They are used to persist the state of the container.</p>

<p>Note that each pod is going to bind a separate persistent volume via pvc. There is no possibility of multiple instances of pods writing to same pv. Hope I answered your question. </p>
