• test-volume = the name you want to give the volume
  • server1 and server2 = hostname of the gluster servers in /etc/hosts
  • /exp1 or /exp2 = path to the brick(directory) on the gluster servers where the files will reside
 gluster volume create test-volume replica 2 server1:/exp1 server2:/exp2

start the volume once created

gluster volume start test-volume