How do Docker volumes differ from bind mounts?

Docker Volumes are managed by Docker, stored in /var/lib/docker/volumes/, and are the recommended way to persist data. They are portable, easy to back up, and work well with Docker Compose.

Bind Mounts map a specific host path directly into the container. They are useful in development to sync source code in real-time but are host-dependent and harder to manage in production.

# Volume (recommended for production)
docker run -v mydata:/app/data myapp

# Bind mount (recommended for development)
docker run -v $(pwd)/src:/app/src myapp