# K8s best practice for file sharing

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/k8s-best-practice-for-file-sharing/27335>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [March 5, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/k8s-best-practice-for-file-sharing/27335 "2024-03-05T10:11:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/k8s-best-practice-for-file-sharing/27335/1 "2024-03-05T10:11:40Z")

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### Cluster information:

Kubernetes version: 1.28  
Cloud being used: bare-metal  
Installation method: Kubeadm  
Host OS: redhat 8  
CNI and version: container-d

Hello,

We have a requirement for pods (statefulsets) to access an external NFS file share for local file processing.

I’m able to do this using an NFS storage class and PVC but I was wondering if it would be better to use a file-based FTP service rather than a volumes ?

Thanks in advance.

Regards,  
John