diff --git a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-scale-multi-stack-experimental.groovy b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-scale-multi-stack-experimental.groovy
index 723ee08..6063d40 100644
--- a/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-scale-multi-stack-experimental.groovy
+++ b/jjb/pipeline/voltha/master/voltha-scale-multi-stack-experimental.groovy
@@ -74,10 +74,10 @@
           sh returnStdout: false, script: """
             # remove all persistent volume claims
             kubectl delete pvc --all-namespaces --all
-            PVCS=\$(kubectl get pvc --all-namespaces} --no-headers | wc -l)
+            PVCS=\$(kubectl get pvc --all-namespaces --no-headers | wc -l)
             while [[ \$PVCS != 0 ]]; do
               sleep 5
-              PVCS=\$(kubectl get pvc --all-namespaces} --no-headers | wc -l)
+              PVCS=\$(kubectl get pvc --all-namespaces --no-headers | wc -l)
             done
 
             helm repo add onf https://charts.opencord.org
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
           sh returnStdout: false, script: """
 
           # forward ETCD port
-          JENKINS_NODE_COOKIE="dontKillMe" _TAG=etcd-port-forward /bin/bash -c "while true; do kubectl -n infra port-forward --address 0.0.0.0 service/etcd 9999:2379; done 2>&1 " &
+          # JENKINS_NODE_COOKIE="dontKillMe" _TAG=etcd-port-forward /bin/bash -c "while true; do kubectl -n infra port-forward --address 0.0.0.0 service/etcd 9999:2379; done 2>&1 " &
 
           # forward ONOS ports
           JENKINS_NODE_COOKIE="dontKillMe" _TAG=onos-port-forward /bin/bash -c "while true; do kubectl -n infra port-forward --address 0.0.0.0 service/voltha-infra-onos-classic-hs 8101:8101; done 2>&1 " &
diff --git a/jjb/voltha-scale.yaml b/jjb/voltha-scale.yaml
index 3c4c5f4..94f4b0f 100644
--- a/jjb/voltha-scale.yaml
+++ b/jjb/voltha-scale.yaml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
           withDhcp: false
           withIgmp: false
           volthaHelmChartsChange: "refs/changes/04/23104/4"
-          extraHelmFlags: " --set global.image_org=matteoscandolo/,global.image_tag=redis "
+          extraHelmFlags: " --set global.image_org=matteoscandolo/,global.image_tag=redis --set redis.master.persistence.size=1Gi,redis.replica.persistence.size=1Gi "
 
       # jobs for 1024 ONUs with openonu-go and clustered ONOS (2 OLTs)
       - 'voltha-scale-measurements':