Translators

Translators provide modular extensibility to GlusterFS. They are designed for advanced users.

Translators v2.0.x

Translator class	Translator name	Client or server	Functionality enabled
storage	posix	server	POSIX interface for the underlying filesystem.
protocol	server	server	Serving through IP, InfiniBand, etc.
protocol	client	client	Access through IP, InfiniBand, etc.
cluster	distribute	client	Distributed file storage between multiple servers.
cluster	nufa	client	Non-uniform distributed storage, which prefers a local disk.
cluster	replicate	client	Replicate (mirror) content between servers.
cluster	stripe	client	Striping between multiple servers.
performance	readahead	client	Read ahead blocks for sequential read.
performance	writebehind	client	Aggregate written blocks.
performance	io-threads	server	Multithread for performance.
performance	io-cache	client	Cache read blocks.
features	locks	server	POSIX locking on server (required for shared access translators).
features	filter	server	Path filters.
debug	trace	client	Trace GlusterFS internal functions.
encryption	rot-13	client	Sample encryption code. (Don't use for production.)
performance	quick-read	client	internal get interface abstracted in posix interface to fetch small files in a single call.
performance	stat-prefetch	client	prefetch stats in readdir.

Translator class	Translator name	Obsoleted in	Client or server	Functionality enabled
cluster	unify	2.00	client	Obsoleted by /cluster/distribute