--- a/glusterfs-3.1.3/cli/src/cli-cmd-parser.c	2011-05-28 08:15:39.000000000 -0500
+++ b/glusterfs-3.1.3/cli/src/cli-cmd-parser.c	2011-05-28 08:20:08.000000000 -0500
@@ -115,8 +115,14 @@
                         goto out;
                 }
                 count = strtol (words[4], NULL, 0);
-                if (!count || (count < 2)) {
-                        cli_out ("replica count should be greater than 1");
+/*
+   enable creation of a single 'replica', basically a mirrored
+   volume without a second mirror.  The idea is to allow the first
+   entry to be created with the second being created via an add-brick
+   later on
+ */
+                if (!count || (count < 1)) {
+                        cli_out ("replica count should be greater than 0");
                         ret = -1;
                         goto out;
                 }