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Lifecycle transition functionality provided in [bucket lifecycle guide](https://github.com/minio/minio/master/docs/bucket/lifecycle/README.md) allows tiering of content from MinIO object store to public clouds or other MinIO clusters.

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## 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

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```
minio server http://host{1...2}/export{1...8}
```

Expected expansion

```
> http://host1/export1
> http://host2/export1
> http://host1/export2
> http://host2/export2
> http://host1/export3
> http://host2/export3
> http://host1/export4
> http://host2/export4
> http://host1/export5
> http://host2/export5
> http://host1/export6
> http://host2/export6
> http://host1/export7