// for all setups smaller than this avoid pre-alloc.
		buffers.Populate()
	}
	globalBytePoolCap.Store(buffers)

	var localDrives []StorageAPI
	local := endpointServerPools.FirstLocal()
	for i, ep := range endpointServerPools {
		// If storage class is not set during startup, default values are used
		// -- Default for Reduced Redundancy Storage class is, parity = 2