var hint string
		if endpoint.URL != nil {
			hint = fmt.Sprintf("Drive '%s' does not support O_DIRECT flags, MinIO erasure coding requires filesystems with O_DIRECT support", endpoint.Path)
		} else {
			hint = "Drives do not support O_DIRECT flags, MinIO erasure coding requires filesystems with O_DIRECT support"
		}
		logger.Fatal(config.ErrUnsupportedBackend(err).Hint(hint), "Unable to initialize backend")

// BackendType - represents different backend types.
type BackendType int

// Enum for different backend types.
const (
	Unknown = BackendType(madmin.Unknown)
	// Filesystem backend.
	BackendFS = BackendType(madmin.FS)
	// Multi disk BackendErasure (single, distributed) backend.
	BackendErasure = BackendType(madmin.Erasure)
	// Add your own backend.
)

## Test using MinIO Client `mc`

`mc` provides a modern alternative to UNIX commands like ls, cat, cp, mirror, diff etc. It supports filesystems and Amazon S3 compatible cloud storage services. Follow the MinIO Client [Quickstart Guide](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc.html#quickstart) for further instructions.

## Upgrading MinIO

1.png?raw=true) | ![Dashboard](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/docs/screenshots/pic2.png?raw=true) | ## Test using MinIO Client `mc` `mc` provides a modern alternative to UNIX commands like ls, cat, cp, mirror, diff etc. It supports filesystems and Amazon S3 compatible cloud storage services. Follow the MinIO Client [Quickstart Guide](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/reference/minio-mc.html#quickstart) for further instructions. ## Upgrading MinIO Upgrades require zero downtime in MinIO,...

		// As a special case make sure to trim the separator.

		// NOTE: It is also perfectly fine for windows users to have a path
		// without C:/ since at that point we treat it as relative path
		// and obtain the full filesystem path as well. Providing C:/
		// style is necessary to provide paths other than C:/,
		// such as F:/, D:/ etc.
		//
		// Another additional benefit here is that this style also

// 5. __missingParts__       - has the latest copy of xl.meta but has some parts
// missing.  This is identified separately since this may need manual
// inspection to understand the root cause. E.g, this could be due to
// backend filesystem corruption.

// listOnlineDisks - returns
// - a slice of disks where disk having 'older' xl.meta (or nothing)
// are set to nil.

  {{.HelpName}} {{if .VisibleFlags}}[FLAGS] {{end}}DIR{1...64} DIR{65...128}

DIR:
  DIR points to a directory on a filesystem. When you want to combine
  multiple drives into a single large system, pass one directory per
  filesystem separated by space. You may also use a '...' convention
  to abbreviate the directory arguments. Remote directories in a
  distributed setup are encoded as HTTP(s) URIs.