if commonParityDrives == 0 {
			commonParityDrives, err = ecDrivesNoConfig(ep.DrivesPerSet)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
		}

		if err = storageclass.ValidateParity(commonParityDrives, ep.DrivesPerSet); err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("parity validation returned an error: %w <- (%d, %d), for pool(%s)", err, commonParityDrives, ep.DrivesPerSet, humanize.Ordinal(i+1))
		}