if len(buf) <= 8 {
		return payload, 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("xlMeta: no data")
	}

	if !bytes.Equal(buf[:4], xlHeader[:]) {
		return payload, 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("xlMeta: unknown XLv2 header, expected %v, got %v", xlHeader[:4], buf[:4])
	}

	if bytes.Equal(buf[4:8], []byte("1   ")) {
		// Set as 1,0.
		major, minor = 1, 0
	} else {

	// and allowed to save.
	z.poolMeta = newPoolMeta(z, poolMeta{})
	z.poolMeta.dontSave = true

	bootstrapTrace("newSharedLock", func() {
		globalLeaderLock = newSharedLock(GlobalContext, z, "leader.lock")
	})

	// Start self healing after the object initialization
	// so various tasks will be useful
	bootstrapTrace("initAutoHeal", func() {
		initAutoHeal(GlobalContext, z)
	})