if dataBlocks <= 0 || parityBlocks < 0 {
		return e, reedsolomon.ErrInvShardNum
	}

	if dataBlocks+parityBlocks > 256 {
		return e, reedsolomon.ErrMaxShardNum
	}

	e = Erasure{
		dataBlocks:   dataBlocks,
		parityBlocks: parityBlocks,
		blockSize:    blockSize,
	}

	// Encoder when needed.
	var enc reedsolomon.Encoder
	var once sync.Once
	e.encoder = func() reedsolomon.Encoder {
		once.Do(func() {

	if offset < 0 || length < 0 {
		return 0, errUnexpected
	}

	// Do we have enough blocks?
	if len(enBlocks) < dataBlocks {
		return 0, reedsolomon.ErrTooFewShards
	}

	// Do we have enough data?
	if int64(getDataBlockLen(enBlocks, dataBlocks)) < length {
		return 0, reedsolomon.ErrShortData
	}

	// Counter to decrement total left to write.
	write := length

	// Counter to increment total written.

		return nil
	}
	select {
	case b = <-bp.c:
		// reuse existing buffer
	default:
		// create new aligned buffer
		if bp.wcap > 0 {
			b = reedsolomon.AllocAligned(1, bp.wcap)[0][:bp.w]
		} else {
			b = reedsolomon.AllocAligned(1, bp.w)[0]
		}
	}
	return
}

// Put returns the given Buffer to the BytePool.
func (bp *BytePoolCap) Put(b []byte) {
	if bp == nil {
		return
	}
	select {
	case bp.c <- b:

	var buf bytes.Buffer
	msgp.Encode(&buf, &v)

}
func _() {
	// An "invalid array index" compiler error signifies that the constant values have changed.
	// Re-run the stringer command to generate them again.
	var x [1]struct{}
	_ = x[invalidErasureAlgo-0]
	_ = x[ReedSolomon-1]
	_ = x[lastErasureAlgo-2]
}

const _ErasureAlgo_name = "invalidErasureAlgoReedSolomonlastErasureAlgo"

var _ErasureAlgo_index = [...]uint8{0, 18, 29, 44}

func (i ErasureAlgo) String() string {

		XLV1:             false,
		ModTime:          time.Now(),
		Size:             0,
		Mode:             0,
		Metadata:         nil,
		Parts:            nil,
		Erasure: ErasureInfo{
			Algorithm:    ReedSolomon.String(),
			DataBlocks:   4,
			ParityBlocks: 2,
			BlockSize:    10000,
			Index:        1,
			Distribution: []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8},
			Checksums: []ChecksumInfo{{
				PartNumber: 1,

		XLV1:             false,
		ModTime:          time.Now().UTC(),
		Size:             0,
		Mode:             0,
		Metadata:         nil,
		Parts:            nil,
		Erasure: ErasureInfo{
			Algorithm:    ReedSolomon.String(),
			DataBlocks:   4,
			ParityBlocks: 2,
			BlockSize:    10000,
			Index:        1,
			Distribution: []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8},
			Checksums: []ChecksumInfo{{
				PartNumber: 1,

- Erasure coding used by MinIO is [Reed-Solomon](https://github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon) erasure coding scheme, which has a total shard maximum of 256 i.e 128 data and 128 parity. MinIO design goes beyond this limitation by doing some practical architecture choices.