How to handle node loss when using OpenEBS LocalPV?

[debackerl]

Hello,

I've configured the Zalando Operator with OpenEBS LocalPV with success. That way, the PV is provisioned using LVM on the node running the Pod. Now, of course, if I definitely lose a node, the PV is lost forever.

How could I replace the failed Pod with a brand-new Pod re-initialized from a surviving Pod? I thought maybe by increasing the replica count to create the replacement Pod, but I'm not sure if I can reduce the size of a StatefulSet with a failed Pod.

Any thought?

Thank you!