defer nsLock.Unlock(lkctx)

	// Freeze all incoming S3 API calls before running speedtest.
	globalNotificationSys.ServiceFreeze(ctx, true)

	// Unfreeze as soon as request context is canceled or when the function returns.
	go func() {
		<-ctx.Done()
		globalNotificationSys.ServiceFreeze(ctx, false)
	}()

	durationStr := r.Form.Get(peerRESTDuration)
	duration, err := time.ParseDuration(durationStr)

//   - 'freeze' should be set to 'false' for this call
//     to resume normal operations.
func (sys *NotificationSys) ServiceFreeze(ctx context.Context, freeze bool) []NotificationPeerErr {
	serviceSig := serviceUnFreeze
	if freeze {
		serviceSig = serviceFreeze
	}
	ng := WithNPeers(len(sys.peerClients))
	for idx, client := range sys.peerClients {
		if client == nil {
			continue
		}