diff --git a/deployment/charts/templates/fuel-core-deploy.yaml b/deployment/charts/templates/fuel-core-deploy.yaml
index c3922794807..61c80363d19 100644
--- a/deployment/charts/templates/fuel-core-deploy.yaml
+++ b/deployment/charts/templates/fuel-core-deploy.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ spec:
     port: http
 {{- end }}
 ---
+{{- if .Values.app.volume.pvc_clone_enabled }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
 metadata:
@@ -28,6 +29,26 @@ spec:
     requests:
       storage: {{ .Values.app.volume.storagerequests }}
   storageClassName: {{ .Values.app.volume.storageclass }}
+  dataSource:
+    name: {{ .Values.app.volume.pvc_clone_snapshot_id }}
+    kind: VolumeSnapshot
+    apiGroup: snapshot.storage.k8s.io
+{{ else }}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: {{ .Values.app.volume.claimname }}
+  labels:
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+spec:
+  accessModes:
+    - {{ .Values.app.volume.accessmodes }}
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: {{ .Values.app.volume.storagerequests }}
+  storageClassName: {{ .Values.app.volume.storageclass }}
+{{- end }}
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
diff --git a/deployment/charts/values.yaml b/deployment/charts/values.yaml
index 063e9fcc114..f5073494628 100644
--- a/deployment/charts/values.yaml
+++ b/deployment/charts/values.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ app:
     pvname: ${fuel_core_pv_name}
     mountPath: /mnt/db/
     claimname: ${fuel_core_pvc_name}
+    pvc_clone_enabled: ${fuel_core_pvc_clone_enabled}
+    pvc_clone_snapshot_id: ${fuel_core_pvc_snapshot_id}
     storageclass: ${pvc_storage_class}
     storagerequests: ${pvc_storage_requests}
     accessmodes: ReadWriteOnce
@@ -55,4 +57,4 @@ app:
     memory_limits: ${fuel_core_memory_limits}
   prometheus:
     enabled: ${fuel_core_prometheus_enabled}
-    helm_release_name: ${fuel_core_prometheus_helm_release_name}
\ No newline at end of file
+    helm_release_name: ${fuel_core_prometheus_helm_release_name}
diff --git a/deployment/scripts/.env b/deployment/scripts/.env
index b10bb0e8623..7eed159ca2a 100644
--- a/deployment/scripts/.env
+++ b/deployment/scripts/.env
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ fuel_core_min_gas_price=0
 fuel_core_pv_name="db-pv"
 fuel_core_pvc_name="db-pv-claim"
 fuel_core_sentry_enabled=false
+fuel_core_pvc_clone_enabled=false
+fuel_core_pvc_snapshot_ref="snap-06fb1faafc1409cc5"
+fuel_core_pvc_snapshot_id="imported-aws-snapshot"
 
 fuel_core_cpu_requests="1m"
 fuel_core_memory_requests="50Mi"
diff --git a/deployment/scripts/fuel-core-deploy.sh b/deployment/scripts/fuel-core-deploy.sh
index 2bacd180153..af1f45969df 100755
--- a/deployment/scripts/fuel-core-deploy.sh
+++ b/deployment/scripts/fuel-core-deploy.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ set -o allexport && source .env && set +o allexport
 if [ "${k8s_provider}" == "eks" ]; then
     echo "Updating your kube context locally ...."
     aws eks update-kubeconfig --name ${TF_VAR_eks_cluster_name}
+    
     echo "Copying chainspec into deployment context ...."
     cp chainspec/${chain_spec_file} ../charts/chainspec.json
     export fuel_core_consensus_key_secret_base64_encoded=$(echo -n $fuel_core_consensus_key_secret | base64 -w 0) 
+    
     cd ../secrets/
     echo "Creating the fuel-core k8s secret ...."
     mv fuel-core-secret.yaml fuel-core-secret.template
@@ -19,6 +21,22 @@ if [ "${k8s_provider}" == "eks" ]; then
     kubectl create ns ${k8s_namespace} || true
     kubectl delete -f fuel-core-secret.yaml || true
     kubectl apply -f fuel-core-secret.yaml
+
+    if [ "${fuel_core_pvc_clone_enabled}" == "true" ]; then
+        cd ../volume_snapshots/
+        kubectl apply -f VolumeSnapshotClass.yaml || true 
+        mv VolumeSnapshotContent.yaml VolumeSnapshotContent.template
+        envsubst < VolumeSnapshotContent.template > VolumeSnapshotContent.yaml
+        rm VolumeSnapshotContent.template
+        kubectl apply -f VolumeSnapshotContent.yaml
+        mv VolumeSnapshot.yaml VolumeSnapshot.template
+        envsubst < VolumeSnapshot.template > VolumeSnapshot.yaml
+        rm VolumeSnapshot.template
+        kubectl apply -f VolumeSnapshot.yaml
+    else 
+       echo "Volume Snapshots will not be created ...."
+    fi 
+
     cd ../charts
     mv Chart.yaml Chart.template
     envsubst < Chart.template > Chart.yaml
@@ -26,6 +44,7 @@ if [ "${k8s_provider}" == "eks" ]; then
     mv values.yaml values.template
     envsubst < values.template > values.yaml
     rm values.template
+    
     echo "Deploying ${fuel_core_service_name} helm chart to ${TF_VAR_eks_cluster_name} ...."
     helm upgrade ${fuel_core_service_name} . \
               --values values.yaml \
diff --git a/deployment/volume_snapshots/VolumeSnapshot.yaml b/deployment/volume_snapshots/VolumeSnapshot.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7aab565c948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/volume_snapshots/VolumeSnapshot.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+apiVersion: snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: VolumeSnapshot
+metadata:
+  name: ${fuel_core_pvc_snapshot_id}
+  namespace: ${k8s_namespace}
+spec:
+  volumeSnapshotClassName: ebs-csi-aws
+  source:
+    volumeSnapshotContentName: ${fuel_core_pvc_snapshot_id}
diff --git a/deployment/volume_snapshots/VolumeSnapshotClass.yaml b/deployment/volume_snapshots/VolumeSnapshotClass.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8973892d5eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/volume_snapshots/VolumeSnapshotClass.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: VolumeSnapshotClass
+metadata:
+  name: ebs-csi-aws
+driver: ebs.csi.aws.com
+deletionPolicy: Delete
diff --git a/deployment/volume_snapshots/VolumeSnapshotContent.yaml b/deployment/volume_snapshots/VolumeSnapshotContent.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9619d438b52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/volume_snapshots/VolumeSnapshotContent.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+apiVersion: snapshot.storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: VolumeSnapshotContent
+metadata:
+  name: ${fuel_core_pvc_snapshot_id}
+spec:
+  volumeSnapshotRef:
+    kind: VolumeSnapshot
+    name: ${fuel_core_pvc_snapshot_id}
+    namespace: ${k8s_namespace}
+  source:
+    snapshotHandle: ${fuel_core_pvc_snapshot_ref}
+  driver: ebs.csi.aws.com
+  deletionPolicy: Delete
+  volumeSnapshotClassName: ebs-csi-aws