ClassesCustomers can choose from premium or standard Azure disks to create the persistent volumes they attach to pods. These volumes are defined as premium or standard based on the Storage Class. There are two pre-built storage classes in AKS: default and managed-premium. Default: This storage class uses the standard Azure storage which leverages HDDs in the backend. Managed-premium: This storage class uses premium Azure storage which leverages high performance SSD and can be used for production workloads that need higher IOPS and throughput. Read more about Azure Disk Storage Classes