GlusterFS's translator feature is very flexible and there are quite a lot of ways one can configure their filesystem to behave like. Volume Specification is a way in which GlusterFS understands how it has to work, based on what is written there. Going through the following URLs may give you more idea about all these. * http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS * http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_Volume_Specification * http://www.gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_Translators Mail us any doubts, suggestions on 'gluster-devel(at)nongnu.org'