format.Erasure.Sets[i] = make([]string, setLen)
		for j := 0; j < setLen; j++ {
			format.Erasure.Sets[i][j] = mustGetUUID()
		}
	}
	return format
}

// Returns format Erasure version after reading `format.json`, returns
// successfully the version only if the backend is Erasure.
func formatGetBackendErasureVersion(b []byte) (string, error) {
	meta := &formatMetaV1{}
	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, meta); err != nil {