// Check if backend is writable and supports O_DIRECT
	uuid := mustGetUUID()
	filePath := pathJoin(s.drivePath, minioMetaTmpDeletedBucket, ".writable-check-"+uuid+".tmp")

	// Create top level directories if they don't exist.
	// with mode 0o777 mkdir honors system umask.
	mkdirAll(pathutil.Dir(filePath), 0o777, s.drivePath) // don't need to fail here

	// Our result
	merged = make([]xlMetaV2ShallowVersion, 0, len(versions[0]))
	tops := make([]xlMetaV2ShallowVersion, len(versions))
	for {
		// Step 1 create slice with all top versions.
		tops = tops[:0]
		var topSig xlMetaV2VersionHeader
		consistent := true // Are all signatures consistent (shortcut)
		for _, vers := range versions {
			if len(vers) == 0 {
				consistent = false

						return true
					}
				}
			}

			// None of the provided metadata filters match skip the object.
			return false
		}

		// if one of source or target is non MinIO, just replicate the top most version like `mc mirror`
		return !((r.Target.Type == BatchJobReplicateResourceS3 || r.Source.Type == BatchJobReplicateResourceS3) && !info.IsLatest)
	}

	u, err := url.Parse(r.Target.Endpoint)
	if err != nil {