### Creating the Scale-out Backup Repository

- Under the Backup Infrastructure view, click on Scale-out Repositories and click the Add Scale-out Repository button on the ribbon.

- Follow the on screen wizard

## Decoding Metadata

Metadata is stored in `xl.meta` files for erasure coded objects. Each disk in the set containing the object has this file. The file format is a binary format and therefore requires tools to view values.

### Installing xl-meta

To install, [Go](https://golang.org/dl/) must be installed. Once installed, execute this to install the binary:

```bash
go install github.com/minio/minio/docs/debugging/xl-meta@latest

even if compression is enabled for all types.

## To test the setup

To test this setup, practice put calls to the server using `mc` and use `mc ls` on
the data directory to view the size of the object.

## Explore Further

- [Use `mc` with MinIO Server](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc.html)