var erasureDisks []string
	for i := 0; i < nDisks; i++ {
		// Do not attempt to create this path, the test validates
		// so that newErasureSets initializes non existing paths
		// and successfully returns initialized object layer.
		disk := filepath.Join(globalTestTmpDir, "minio-"+nextSuffix())
		erasureDisks = append(erasureDisks, disk)
		defer os.RemoveAll(disk)
	}

	endpoints := mustGetNewEndpoints(0, 16, erasureDisks...)