diff --git a/charts/netdata/README.md b/charts/netdata/README.md
index 3efc328..d2d4a36 100644
--- a/charts/netdata/README.md
+++ b/charts/netdata/README.md
@@ -1948,7 +1948,7 @@ true
 			<td>netdataOpentelemetry.dnsPolicy</td>
 			<td>string</td>
 			<td><pre lang="json">
-"Default"
+"ClusterFirst"
 </pre>
 </td>
 			<td>DNS policy for pod</td>
@@ -1960,7 +1960,7 @@ true
 true
 </pre>
 </td>
-			<td>Whether should use a persistent volume</td>
+			<td>Whether to use persistent volumes</td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
 			<td>netdataOpentelemetry.persistence.storageclass</td>
@@ -1969,7 +1969,7 @@ true
 "-"
 </pre>
 </td>
-			<td>The storage class for the persistent volume claim</td>
+			<td>The storage class for the persistent volume claim (both varlib and varlog volumes)</td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
 			<td>netdataOpentelemetry.persistence.volumesize</td>
@@ -1978,7 +1978,7 @@ true
 "10Gi"
 </pre>
 </td>
-			<td>The storage space for the PVC</td>
+			<td>The storage space for the logs (varlog volume)</td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
 			<td>netdataOpentelemetry.configs</td>
diff --git a/charts/netdata/templates/netdata-otel/deployment.yaml b/charts/netdata/templates/netdata-otel/deployment.yaml
index 0d0b3d0..84709d8 100644
--- a/charts/netdata/templates/netdata-otel/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/netdata/templates/netdata-otel/deployment.yaml
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ spec:
             {{- if .Values.netdataOpentelemetry.persistence.enabled }}
             - name: varlog
               mountPath: /var/log/netdata/otel
+            - name: varlib
+              mountPath: /var/lib/netdata
             {{- end }}
             {{- if .Values.netdataOpentelemetry.extraVolumeMounts -}}
 {{ toYaml .Values.netdataOpentelemetry.extraVolumeMounts | nindent 12 }}
@@ -175,6 +177,9 @@ spec:
         - name: varlog
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: {{ template "netdata.name" . }}-otel-varlog
+        - name: varlib
+          persistentVolumeClaim:
+            claimName: {{ template "netdata.name" . }}-otel-varlib
         {{- end }}
         {{- if .Values.netdataOpentelemetry.extraVolumes }}
 {{ toYaml .Values.netdataOpentelemetry.extraVolumes | indent 8}}
diff --git a/charts/netdata/templates/netdata-otel/persistentvolumeclaim.yaml b/charts/netdata/templates/netdata-otel/persistentvolumeclaim.yaml
index 476a4f0..83ea036 100644
--- a/charts/netdata/templates/netdata-otel/persistentvolumeclaim.yaml
+++ b/charts/netdata/templates/netdata-otel/persistentvolumeclaim.yaml
@@ -19,4 +19,25 @@ spec:
   resources:
     requests:
       storage: {{ .Values.netdataOpentelemetry.persistence.volumesize }}
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "netdata.name" . }}-otel-varlib
+  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "netdata.name" . }}
+    chart: {{ template "netdata.chart" . }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+    role: otel
+spec:
+  accessModes: [ "ReadWriteOnce" ]
+  {{- if (ne "-" .Values.netdataOpentelemetry.persistence.storageclass) }}
+  storageClassName: "{{ .Values.netdataOpentelemetry.persistence.storageclass }}"
+  {{- end }}
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: 1Gi
+
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/netdata/values.yaml b/charts/netdata/values.yaml
index ab44115..bdc4d9e 100644
--- a/charts/netdata/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/netdata/values.yaml
@@ -976,16 +976,19 @@ netdataOpentelemetry:
 
   # -- DNS policy for pod
   # @section -- Netdata OpenTelemetry
-  dnsPolicy: Default
+  dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
 
+  # Volumes to create are called varlib and varlog
+  # varlib stores the alerts information and claimID of the agent. Static size of 1Gi
+  # varlog volume stores the logs. Size can be adjusted with persistence.volumesize
   persistence:
-    # -- Whether should use a persistent volume
+    # -- Whether to use persistent volumes
     # @section -- Netdata OpenTelemetry
     enabled: true
-    # -- The storage class for the persistent volume claim
+    # -- The storage class for the persistent volume claim (both varlib and varlog volumes)
     # @section -- Netdata OpenTelemetry
     storageclass: "-"
-    # -- The storage space for the PVC
+    # -- The storage space for the logs (varlog volume)
     # @section -- Netdata OpenTelemetry
     volumesize: 10Gi