func ValidateParity(ssParity, setDriveCount int) error {
	// SS parity drives should be greater than or equal to minParityDrives.
	// Parity below minParityDrives is not supported.
	if ssParity > 0 && ssParity < minParityDrives {
		return fmt.Errorf("parity %d should be greater than or equal to %d",
			ssParity, minParityDrives)
	}

	if ssParity > setDriveCount/2 {

			parities[i] = -1             // invalid fi are assigned parity -1
		}
		res.metaArr = metaArr
		res.parities = parities
		res.errs = make([]error, N)
		if agree >= N-parity {
			res.parity = parity
		} else {
			res.parity = -1
		}

		return res
	}
	tests := []struct {
		metaArr  []FileInfo
		errs     []error
		parities []int
		parity   int
	}{
		// More than simple majority consensus

```

Example:

```sh
export MINIO_SITE_REGION="us-west-0"
export MINIO_SITE_NAME="sfo-rack-1"
minio server /data
```

### Storage Class

	occMap := make(map[int]int)
	for _, p := range parities {
		occMap[p]++
	}

	var maxOcc, cparity int
	for parity, occ := range occMap {
		if parity == -1 {
			// Ignore non defined parity
			continue
		}

		readQuorum := N - parity
		if defaultParityCount > 0 && parity == 0 {
			// In this case, parity == 0 implies that this object version is a
			// delete marker
			readQuorum = N/2 + 1
		}

		parities := listObjectParities(metaArr, make([]error, len(metaArr)))
		parity := commonParity(parities, 5)
		var match int
		for _, fi := range metaArr {
			if fi.Erasure.ParityBlocks == parity {
				match++
			}
		}
		if match < len(metaArr)-parity {
			t.Fatalf("Test %d: Expected %d drives with parity=%d, but got %d", idx, len(metaArr)-parity, parity, match)
		}
	}

					otherPart := getPartNum(other[0])
					if part != otherPart {
						fmt.Println("part ", part, " != other part", otherPart, other[0])
						continue
					}
					// fmt.Println("part ", part, "other part", otherPart, other[0])
					fmt.Printf("Reading version %q Part %d.\n", otherKey, otherPart)
					// os.Exit(0)
					otherM, err := readAndMap(other, part, block)
					if err != nil {
						fmt.Println(err)

	// Object for test case 6 - RRS StorageClass defined as Parity 2, MetaData in PutObject requesting Standard Storage Class
	object6 := "object6"
	metadata6 := make(map[string]string)
	metadata6["x-amz-storage-class"] = storageclass.STANDARD
	globalStorageClass.Update(storageclass.Config{
		Standard: storageclass.StorageClass{
			Parity: 4,
		},
		RRS: storageclass.StorageClass{
			Parity: 2,
		},
	})

			}
		}
	}
}

// Benchmarks

func benchmarkErasureEncode(data, parity, dataDown, parityDown int, size int64, b *testing.B) {
	setup, err := newErasureTestSetup(b, data, parity, blockSizeV2)
	if err != nil {
		b.Fatalf("failed to create test setup: %v", err)
	}
	erasure, err := NewErasure(context.Background(), data, parity, blockSizeV2)
	if err != nil {
		b.Fatalf("failed to create ErasureStorage: %v", err)
	}

	}
	if len(unMarshalXLMeta.Parts) != len(jsoniterXLMeta.Parts) {
		t.Errorf("Expected info of  %d parts to be present, but got %d instead.", len(unMarshalXLMeta.Parts), len(jsoniterXLMeta.Parts))
	} else {
		for i := 0; i < len(unMarshalXLMeta.Parts); i++ {
			if unMarshalXLMeta.Parts[i].Number != jsoniterXLMeta.Parts[i].Number {

	}
}

// Benchmarks

func benchmarkErasureDecode(data, parity, dataDown, parityDown int, size int64, b *testing.B) {
	setup, err := newErasureTestSetup(b, data, parity, blockSizeV2)
	if err != nil {
		b.Fatalf("failed to create test setup: %v", err)
	}
	disks := setup.disks
	erasure, err := NewErasure(context.Background(), data, parity, blockSizeV2)
	if err != nil {