### There are no limits on how many server pools can be combined

```
minio server http://host{1...32}/export{1...32} http://host{1...12}/export{1...12}
```

bandwidth limits set via `mc admin bucket remote add` could also contribute to replication speed. The number of workers used for replication defaults to 100. Based on network bandwidth and system load, the number of workers used in replication can be configured using `mc admin config set alias api` to set the `replication_workers`. The prometheus metrics exposed by MinIO can be used to plan resource allocation and bandwidth management to optimize replication speed.

If synchronous replication...

## Description of `xl.meta`

`xl.meta` is a new self describing backend format used by MinIO to support AWS S3 compatible versioning.
This file is the source of truth for each `version` at rest. `xl.meta` is a msgpack file serialized from a