deletedBucketsPrefix = ".deleted"

	// ETag (hex encoded md5sum) of empty string.
	emptyETag = "d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e"
)

// Global object layer mutex, used for safely updating object layer.
var globalObjLayerMutex sync.RWMutex

// Global object layer, only accessed by globalObjectAPI.
var globalObjectAPI ObjectLayer

type storageOpts struct {
	cleanUp     bool
	healthCheck bool
}

)

func TestApplyNewerNoncurrentVersionsLimit(t *testing.T) {
	objAPI, disks, err := prepareErasure(context.Background(), 8)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("Failed to initialize object layer: %v", err)
	}
	defer removeRoots(disks)
	setObjectLayer(objAPI)
	globalBucketMetadataSys = NewBucketMetadataSys()
	globalBucketObjectLockSys = &BucketObjectLockSys{}
	globalBucketVersioningSys = &BucketVersioningSys{}

func validateAdminReq(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, actions ...policy.AdminAction) (ObjectLayer, auth.Credentials) {
	// Get current object layer instance.
	objectAPI := newObjectLayerFn()
	if objectAPI == nil || globalNotificationSys == nil {
		writeErrorResponseJSON(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrServerNotInitialized), r.URL)
		return nil, auth.Credentials{}
	}

var baseErrs = []error{
	errDiskNotFound,
	errFaultyDisk,
	errFaultyRemoteDisk,
}

var baseIgnoredErrs = baseErrs

// Is a one place function which converts all os.PathError
// into a more FS object layer friendly form, converts
// known errors into their typed form for top level
// interpretation.
func osErrToFileErr(err error) error {
	if err == nil {
		return nil
	}
	if osIsNotExist(err) {

	defer removeRoots(disks)

	// uses *testing.B and the object Layer to run the benchmark.
	runPutObjectPartBenchmark(b, objLayer, objSize)
}

// creates Erasure/FS backend setup, obtains the object layer and calls the runPutObjectBenchmark function.
func benchmarkPutObject(b *testing.B, instanceType string, objSize int) {
	// create a temp Erasure/FS backend.

		}
	}

	configData, err := xml.Marshal(encConfig)
	if err != nil {
		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL)
		return
	}

	// Store the bucket encryption configuration in the object layer
	updatedAt, err := globalBucketMetadataSys.Update(ctx, bucket, bucketSSEConfig, configData)
	if err != nil {
		writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL)
		return
	}

	// Call site replication hook.

	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...)

	obj, err := newObjectLayer(ctx, mustGetPoolEndpoints(0, disks...))
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal("Unexpected object layer initialization error", err)
	}

	_, ok := obj.(*erasureServerPools)
	if !ok {
		t.Fatal("Unexpected object layer detected", reflect.TypeOf(obj))
	}

	// Tests for Erasure object layer initialization.

	// Create temporary backend for the test server.
	nDisks = 16
	disks, err = getRandomDisks(nDisks)

- Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) – Defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as an
  extended version of SSH 2.0, allowing file transfer over SSH and for use with Transport Layer
  Security (TLS) and VPN applications.

- File Transfer Protocol over SSL/TLS (FTPS) – Encrypted FTP communication via TLS certificates.

	meta := objLayer1.(*erasureServerPools).poolMeta
	pools := objLayer1.(*erasureServerPools).serverPools

	objLayer2, fsDirs, err := prepareErasurePools()
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("Initialization of object layer failed for Erasure setup: %s", err)
	}
	defer removeRoots(fsDirs)

	newPools := objLayer2.(*erasureServerPools).serverPools
	reducedPools := pools[1:]
	orderChangePools := []*erasureSets{
		pools[1],
		pools[0],