title: Does Kubernetes support persistent volumes shared between multiple nodes in a cluster?
body: <p>I need to build an application that has many <strong>bare-metal</strong> nodes joined in a Kubernetes cluster and I need a shared persistent file system between those <strong>nodes</strong>. The nodes should be able to read-write in this file system simultaneously.</p>
  
  <p>Bonus: is there a way to keep the file system alive even if the cluster crashes?</p>
  
  <p>I read <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/storage/persistent-volumes/" rel="noreferrer">this</a> article but cant find answers to this question.</p>
  
  <p>This problem is very important to me because it is a requirement to my undergraduate paper.</p>