diff --git a/charts/sorcerer/staging/archives-ceph-volume.yaml b/charts/sorcerer/staging/archives-ceph-volume.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..160252dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/sorcerer/staging/archives-ceph-volume.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolume
+metadata:
+  name: pv-staging-ceph-archives
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+  - ReadWriteMany
+  capacity:
+    storage: 1Gi
+  csi:
+    driver: rook-ceph.cephfs.csi.ceph.com
+    nodeStageSecretRef:
+      name: rook-csi-cephfs-node
+      namespace: rook-ceph
+    volumeAttributes:
+      fsName: data
+      clusterID: rook-ceph
+      staticVolume: "true"
+      rootPath: /archives
+    volumeHandle: pv-staging-ceph-archives
+  persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
+  volumeMode: Filesystem
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: staging-ceph-archives
+  namespace: sorcerer
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+  - ReadWriteMany
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 1Gi
+  storageClassName: ""
+  volumeMode: Filesystem
+  volumeName: pv-staging-ceph-archives
diff --git a/charts/sorcerer/staging/kustomization.yaml b/charts/sorcerer/staging/kustomization.yaml
index c5123134..229ce589 100644
--- a/charts/sorcerer/staging/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/charts/sorcerer/staging/kustomization.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ patches:
     kind: Deployment
   path: deployment_patch.yaml
 resources:
-- pv.yaml
-- pvc.yaml
+# - pv.yaml
+# - pvc.yaml
+- archives-ceph-volume.yaml
 - ../base
diff --git a/charts/sorcerer/values-staging.yaml b/charts/sorcerer/values-staging.yaml
index bd5ce31a..2264cfd7 100644
--- a/charts/sorcerer/values-staging.yaml
+++ b/charts/sorcerer/values-staging.yaml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ ingress:
         - sorcerer.ekman.oceanbox.io
       secretName: staging-sorcerer-tls
 persistence:
-  # existingClaim: staging-oceanbox-archives
-  existingClaim: staging-oceanbox-backup-archives
+  existingClaim: staging-ceph-archives
+  # existingClaim: staging-oceanbox-backup-archives
 nodeSelector:
   topology.kubernetes.io/group: srv
   kubernetes.io/hostname: fs2