William, Following are the list of documents which you will help you understand gusterfs better and setup glusterfs easily. Description of glusterfs internals (currently incomplete, will be completed very soon) - http://gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_Hackers_Guide Detailed overview of the translators available - http://gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_Translators_v1.3 Quick setup guide for glusterfs - http://gluster.org/docs/index.php/Install_and_run_GlusterFS_v1.3_in_10mins Detailed guide for writing volume specification file - http://gluster.org/docs/index.php/GlusterFS_Volume_Specification_v1.3 -- Gowda
