diff --git a/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-full.yaml b/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-full.yaml
index 55ab3191a..65e2eb4b7 100644
--- a/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-full.yaml
+++ b/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-full.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ metadata:
 spec:
 
   # The cluster name.
-  clusterName: cluster2
+  clusterName: cluster1
 
   # The number of server nodes.
   size: 6
diff --git a/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-minimal.yaml b/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-minimal.yaml
index 097e6712c..6f7bd5ffd 100644
--- a/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-minimal.yaml
+++ b/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-minimal.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ kind: CassandraDatacenter
 metadata:
   name: dc1
 spec:
-  clusterName: cluster2
+  clusterName: cluster1
   serverType: dse
   serverVersion: "6.8.4"
   managementApiAuth:
diff --git a/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-minimal2.yaml b/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-minimal2.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ce8c9c141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-minimal2.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Sized to work on 3 k8s workers nodes with 1 core / 4 GB RAM
+# See neighboring example-cassdc-full.yaml for docs for each parameter
+apiVersion: cassandra.datastax.com/v1beta1
+kind: CassandraDatacenter
+metadata:
+  name: dc1
+spec:
+  clusterName: cluster1
+  serverType: dse
+  serverVersion: "6.8.4"
+  managementApiAuth:
+    insecure: {}
+  size: 3
+  storageConfig:
+    cassandraDataVolumeClaimSpec:
+      storageClassName: server-storage
+      accessModes:
+        - ReadWriteOnce
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 25Gi
+  config:
+    jvm-server-options:
+      initial_heap_size: "800M"
+      max_heap_size: "800M"
+      additional-jvm-opts:
+        # As the database comes up for the first time, set system keyspaces to RF=3
+        - "-Ddse.system_distributed_replication_dc_names=dc1"
+        - "-Ddse.system_distributed_replication_per_dc=3"
diff --git a/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-minimal3.yaml b/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-minimal3.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b4cefec21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-minimal3.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Sized to work on 3 k8s workers nodes with 1 core / 4 GB RAM
+# See neighboring example-cassdc-full.yaml for docs for each parameter
+apiVersion: cassandra.datastax.com/v1beta1
+kind: CassandraDatacenter
+metadata:
+  name: dc1
+spec:
+  clusterName: cluster1
+  serverType: dse
+  serverVersion: "6.8.4"
+  managementApiAuth:
+    insecure: {}
+  size: 3
+  storageConfig:
+    cassandraDataVolumeClaimSpec:
+      storageClassName: server-storage
+      accessModes:
+        - ReadWriteOnce
+      resources:
+        requests:
+          storage: 25Gi
+  config:
+    cassandra-yaml:
+      backup_service:
+        enabled: true
+      authenticator: org.apache.cassandra.auth.PasswordAuthenticator
+      authorizer: org.apache.cassandra.auth.CassandraAuthorizer
+      role_manager: org.apache.cassandra.auth.CassandraRoleManager
+    jvm-server-options:
+      initial_heap_size: "800M"
+      max_heap_size: "800M"
+      additional-jvm-opts:
+        # As the database comes up for the first time, set system keyspaces to RF=3
+        - "-Ddse.system_distributed_replication_dc_names=dc1"
+        - "-Ddse.system_distributed_replication_per_dc=3"
diff --git a/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-three-rack-three-node.yaml b/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-three-rack-three-node.yaml
index e34a426c9..51f618aaa 100644
--- a/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-three-rack-three-node.yaml
+++ b/operator/example-cassdc-yaml/dse-6.8.x/example-cassdc-three-rack-three-node.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ kind: CassandraDatacenter
 metadata:
   name: dc1
 spec:
-  clusterName: cluster2
+  clusterName: cluster1
   serverType: dse
   serverVersion: "6.8.4"
   managementApiAuth:
diff --git a/operator/k8s-flavors/iks/storage-block.yaml b/operator/k8s-flavors/iks/storage-block.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..573f0dab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/k8s-flavors/iks/storage-block.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: StorageClass
+metadata:
+  name: server-storage
+  labels:
+    kubernetes.io/cluster-service: "true"
+provisioner: ibm.io/ibmc-block
+parameters:
+  classVersion: "2"
+  zone: "dal12"
+  region: "us-south"
+  type: "Endurance"
+  iopsPerGB: "2"
+  sizeRange: "[20-12000]Gi"
+reclaimPolicy: "Delete"
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diff --git a/operator/k8s-flavors/iks/storage.yaml b/operator/k8s-flavors/iks/storage.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb724dbb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator/k8s-flavors/iks/storage.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+apiVersion: storage.k8s.io/v1
+kind: StorageClass
+metadata:
+  name: server-storage
+provisioner: ibm.io/ibmc-file
+parameters:
+  type: pd-ssd
+  replication-type: none
+volumeBindingMode: WaitForFirstConsumer
+reclaimPolicy: Delete
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