Jeff, please find sample client and server specs below avati ########## /etc/glusterfs-server.vol my server config file.. volume posix type storage/posix # POSIX FS translator option directory /export/home/glusterfs # Export this directory option debug on end-volume volume brick type performance/io-threads option thread-count 8 option queue-limit 1024 subvolumes posix end-volume ### Add network serving capability to above brick. volume server type protocol/server option transport-type tcp/server # For TCP/IP transport option listen-port 6996 # Default is 6996 subvolumes brick option auth.ip.brick.allow 192.168.* # Allow access to "brick" volume end-volume ######## /etc/glusterfs-client.vol my client config file. volume client0 type protocol/client option transport-type tcp/client option remote-host 192.168.1.106 option remote-port 6996 option remote-subvolume brick end-volume volume client1 type protocol/client option transport-type tcp/client option remote-host 192.168.1.103 option remote-port 6996 option remote-subvolume brick end-volume volume bricks type cluster/unify subvolumes client0 client1 option debug on option scheduler rr end-volume volume writebehind type performance/write-behind option aggregate-size 131072 # aggregate block size in bytes subvolumes bricks end-volume volume readahead type performance/read-ahead option page-size 131072 option page-count 16 subvolumes writebehind end-volume volume statprefetch type performance/stat-prefetch subvolumes readahead end-volume -- Shaw's Principle: Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it.