I download 1.4rc6 version, and #rpmbuild -ta glusterfs-1.4.0rc6.tar.gz --without ibverbs # cd /usr/src/redhat/RPM/i386/ # rpm -ivh glusterfs-1.4.0rc6-1.i386.rpm my configuration: # cat /etc/gluster/glusterfs-server.vol volume bdb type storage/bdb option directory /data2/glusterfs option checkpoint-timeout 10 option lru-limit 200 end-volume volume bdbserver type protocol/server option transport-type tcp subvolumes bdb end-volume But I cannot find glusterfs process running.and my log: #tail /var/log/glusterfs/glusterfs.log 8: volume bdbserver 9: type protocol/server 10: option transport-type tcp 11: subvolumes bdb 12: end-volume +----- 2008-12-20 20:57:52 E [server-protocol.c:7509:validate_auth_options] bdbserver: volume 'bdb' defined as subvolume, but no authentication defined for the same 2008-12-20 20:57:52 E [xlator.c:563:xlator_init_rec] xlator: initialization of volume 'bdbserver' failed, review your volfile again 2008-12-20 20:57:52 E [glusterfsd.c:459:_xlator_graph_init] bdbserver: initializing translator failed 2008-12-20 20:57:52 E [glusterfsd.c:1061:main] glusterfs: translator initialization failed. exiting