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diff --git a/doc/admin-guide/en-US/markdown/admin_setting_volumes.md b/doc/admin-guide/en-US/markdown/admin_setting_volumes.md index e58bb63ab23..d66a6894152 100644 --- a/doc/admin-guide/en-US/markdown/admin_setting_volumes.md +++ b/doc/admin-guide/en-US/markdown/admin_setting_volumes.md @@ -266,6 +266,13 @@ high-availability and high-reliability are critical. > Use the `force` option at the end of command if you want to create the volume in this case. +###Arbiter configuration for replica volumes +Arbiter volumes are replica 3 volumes where the 3rd brick acts as the arbiter brick. This configuration has mechanisms that prevent occurrence of split-brains. +It can be created with the following command: +`# gluster volume create <VOLNAME> replica 3 arbiter 1 host1:brick1 host2:brick2 host3:brick3` +More information about this configuration can be found at `doc/features/afr-arbiter-volumes.md` +Note that the arbiter configuration for replica 3 can be used to create distributed-replicate volumes as well. + ##Creating Striped Volumes Striped volumes stripes data across bricks in the volume. For best |