diff --git a/app/aks/arangodb-deployment.yaml b/app/aks/arangodb-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f337749af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/aks/arangodb-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+kind: ArangoDeployment
+apiVersion: database.arangodb.com/v1alpha
+metadata:
+  name: arangodb
+  namespace: db
+spec:
+  agents:
+    volumeClaimTemplate:
+      spec:
+        storageClassName: slow-retain
+        persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
+  dbservers:
+    volumeClaimTemplate:
+      spec:
+        storageClassName: fast-retain
+        persistentVolumeReclaimPolicy: Retain
+
diff --git a/app/aks/kustomization.yaml b/app/aks/kustomization.yaml
index 8bd27000ee..d47874cb81 100644
--- a/app/aks/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/app/aks/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
 - ../bases
+- storage-classes.yaml
 patchesStrategicMerge:
+- arangodb-deployment.yaml
 - certificate.yaml
 - publicgateway.yaml
 - knative/config/queues.yaml
diff --git a/app/aks/storage-classes.yaml b/app/aks/storage-classes.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ee864c9582
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/aks/storage-classes.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+kind: StorageClass
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: fast-retain
+provisioner: kubernetes.io/azure-disk
+reclaimPolicy: Retain
+parameters:
+  storageaccounttype: Premium_LRS
+  kind: Managed
+
+---
+
+kind: StorageClass
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: slow-retain
+provisioner: kubernetes.io/azure-disk
+reclaimPolicy: Retain
+parameters:
+  storageaccounttype: Standard_LRS
+  kind: Managed
+
+---
+
+kind: StorageClass
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: fast-delete
+provisioner: kubernetes.io/azure-disk
+reclaimPolicy: Delete
+parameters:
+  storageaccounttype: Premium_LRS
+  kind: Managed
+
+---
+
+kind: StorageClass
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+metadata:
+  name: slow-delete
+provisioner: kubernetes.io/azure-disk
+reclaimPolicy: Delete
+parameters:
+  storageaccounttype: Standard_LRS
+  kind: Managed
+---