Here is the YAML output of each PV and PVC. I don't see any differences other than one is RWO and the other is RWM: $ kubectl get pvc -n david-coronel | grep march march9-vol-1-rwo Bound pvc-04a32697-883a-4fd3-976d-76b7997b9b77 10Gi RWO cephfs 48s march9-vol-2-rwm Bound pvc-4cc7d51b-f1a2-4d2e-bcfb-791bb3b1622d 10Gi RWX cephfs 48s workspace-march9 Bound pvc-03555334-9618-4138-ba87-bb59660c3601 10Gi RWO cephfs 49s $ kubectl get pv -n david-coronel | grep march pvc-03555334-9618-4138-ba87-bb59660c3601 10Gi RWO Delete Bound david-coronel/workspace-march9 cephfs 61s pvc-04a32697-883a-4fd3-976d-76b7997b9b77 10Gi RWO Delete Bound david-coronel/march9-vol-1-rwo cephfs 61s pvc-4cc7d51b-f1a2-4d2e-bcfb-791bb3b1622d 10Gi RWX Delete Bound david-coronel/march9-vol-2-rwm cephfs 61s $ kubectl get pvc -n david-coronel march9-vol-1-rwo -o yaml apiVersion: v1 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim metadata: annotations: pv.kubernetes.io/bind-completed: "yes" pv.kubernetes.io/bound-by-controller: "yes" volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-provisioner: cephfs.csi.ceph.com creationTimestamp: "2020-03-09T14:26:35Z" finalizers: - kubernetes.io/pvc-protection name: march9-vol-1-rwo namespace: david-coronel resourceVersion: "1597491" selfLink: /api/v1/namespaces/david-coronel/persistentvolumeclaims/march9-vol-1-rwo uid: 04a32697-883a-4fd3-976d-76b7997b9b77 spec: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: 10Gi storageClassName: cephfs volumeMode: Filesystem volumeName: pvc-04a32697-883a-4fd3-976d-76b7997b9b77 status: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce capacity: storage: 10Gi phase: Bound $ kubectl get pvc -n david-coronel march9-vol-2-rwm -o yaml apiVersion: v1 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim metadata: annotations: pv.kubernetes.io/bind-completed: "yes" pv.kubernetes.io/bound-by-controller: "yes" volume.beta.kubernetes.io/storage-provisioner: cephfs.csi.ceph.com creationTimestamp: "2020-03-09T14:26:35Z" finalizers: - kubernetes.io/pvc-protection name: march9-vol-2-rwm namespace: david-coronel resourceVersion: "1597497" selfLink: /api/v1/namespaces/david-coronel/persistentvolumeclaims/march9-vol-2-rwm uid: 4cc7d51b-f1a2-4d2e-bcfb-791bb3b1622d spec: accessModes: - ReadWriteMany resources: requests: storage: 10Gi storageClassName: cephfs volumeMode: Filesystem volumeName: pvc-4cc7d51b-f1a2-4d2e-bcfb-791bb3b1622d status: accessModes: - ReadWriteMany capacity: storage: 10Gi phase: Bound $ kubectl get pv -n david-coronel pvc-04a32697-883a-4fd3-976d-76b7997b9b77 -o yaml apiVersion: v1 kind: PersistentVolume metadata: annotations: pv.kubernetes.io/provisioned-by: cephfs.csi.ceph.com creationTimestamp: "2020-03-09T14:26:35Z" finalizers: - kubernetes.io/pv-protection name: pvc-04a32697-883a-4fd3-976d-76b7997b9b77 resourceVersion: "1597486" selfLink: /api/v1/persistentvolumes/pvc-04a32697-883a-4fd3-976d-76b7997b9b77 uid: de105ca1-b4fe-4794-8ae7-be27164f67e8 spec: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce capacity: storage: 10Gi claimRef: apiVersion: v1 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim name: march9-vol-1-rwo namespace: david-coronel resourceVersion: "1597458" uid: 04a32697-883a-4fd3-976d-76b7997b9b77 csi: driver: cephfs.csi.ceph.com fsType: ext4 nodeStageSecretRef: name: csi-cephfs-secret namespace: default volumeAttributes: monitors: 10.109.12.188 10.109.12.193 10.109.12.201 pool: ceph-fs_data provisionVolume: "true" storage.kubernetes.io/csiProvisionerIdentity: 1583438633780-8081- volumeHandle: csi-cephfs-pvc-04a32697-883a-4fd3-976d-76b7997b9b77 persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete storageClassName: cephfs volumeMode: Filesystem status: phase: Bound $ kubectl get pv -n david-coronel pvc-4cc7d51b-f1a2-4d2e-bcfb-791bb3b1622d -o yaml apiVersion: v1 kind: PersistentVolume metadata: annotations: pv.kubernetes.io/provisioned-by: cephfs.csi.ceph.com creationTimestamp: "2020-03-09T14:26:35Z" finalizers: - kubernetes.io/pv-protection name: pvc-4cc7d51b-f1a2-4d2e-bcfb-791bb3b1622d resourceVersion: "1597493" selfLink: /api/v1/persistentvolumes/pvc-4cc7d51b-f1a2-4d2e-bcfb-791bb3b1622d uid: 7200ddc7-b5e0-4e7a-8fa3-78a7eeec2bc0 spec: accessModes: - ReadWriteMany capacity: storage: 10Gi claimRef: apiVersion: v1 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim name: march9-vol-2-rwm namespace: david-coronel resourceVersion: "1597463" uid: 4cc7d51b-f1a2-4d2e-bcfb-791bb3b1622d csi: driver: cephfs.csi.ceph.com fsType: ext4 nodeStageSecretRef: name: csi-cephfs-secret namespace: default volumeAttributes: monitors: 10.109.12.188 10.109.12.193 10.109.12.201 pool: ceph-fs_data provisionVolume: "true" storage.kubernetes.io/csiProvisionerIdentity: 1583438633780-8081- volumeHandle: csi-cephfs-pvc-4cc7d51b-f1a2-4d2e-bcfb-791bb3b1622d persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Delete storageClassName: cephfs volumeMode: Filesystem status: phase: Bound