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'