Endpoint{URL: case4URLs[1], IsLocal: case4LocalFlags[1]},
			Endpoint{URL: case4URLs[2], IsLocal: case4LocalFlags[2]},
			Endpoint{URL: case4URLs[3], IsLocal: case4LocalFlags[3]},
		}, DistErasureSetupType, nil},

		{":9000", []string{case5Endpoint1, case5Endpoint2, case5Endpoint3, case5Endpoint4}, ":9000", Endpoints{
			Endpoint{URL: case5URLs[0], IsLocal: case5LocalFlags[0]},
			Endpoint{URL: case5URLs[1], IsLocal: case5LocalFlags[1]},

type Node struct {
	*url.URL
	Pools    []int
	IsLocal  bool
	GridHost string
}

// Endpoint - any type of endpoint.
type Endpoint struct {
	*url.URL
	IsLocal bool

	PoolIdx, SetIdx, DiskIdx int
}

// Equal returns true if endpoint == ep
func (endpoint Endpoint) Equal(ep Endpoint) bool {

	// Based on the random shuffling return back randomized disks.
	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))

	for _, i := range r.Perm(len(disks)) {
		if disks[i] != nil && disks[i].IsLocal() {
			newDisks = append(newDisks, disks[i])
		}
	}

	return newDisks
}

func (er erasureObjects) getLocalDisks() (newDisks []StorageAPI) {
	disks := er.getDisks()

            return !(isLocal(url.getHost()) || url.getProtocol().equals("file"));
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            // bad url just skip it here. It should have been validated already, but the wagon lookup will deal with it
            return false;
        }
    }

    private static boolean isLocal(String host) {

}

func (l *localLocker) Close() error {
	return nil
}

// IsOnline - local locker is always online.
func (l *localLocker) IsOnline() bool {
	return true
}

// IsLocal - local locker returns true.
func (l *localLocker) IsLocal() bool {
	return true
}

func (l *localLocker) ForceUnlock(ctx context.Context, args dsync.LockArgs) (reply bool, err error) {
	if ctx.Err() != nil {
		return false, ctx.Err()
	}

			di := madmin.Disk{
				Endpoint:  endpoints[index].String(),
				PoolIndex: endpoints[index].PoolIdx,
				SetIndex:  endpoints[index].SetIdx,
				DiskIndex: endpoints[index].DiskIdx,
				Local:     endpoints[index].IsLocal,
			}
			if disks[index] == OfflineDisk {
				di.State = diskErrToDriveState(errDiskNotFound)
				disksInfo[index] = di
				return nil
			}

	g := errgroup.WithNErrs(len(formats))
	for i := range formats {
		g.Go(func() error {
			if formats[i] == nil || !endpoints[i].IsLocal {
				return nil
			}
			// NOTE: This code is specifically needed when migrating version
			// V1 to V2 to V3, in a scenario such as this we only need to handle

	for poolIdx, doRebalance := range participants {
		if !doRebalance {
			continue
		}
		// nothing to do if this node is not pool's first node (i.e pool's rebalance 'leader').
		if !globalEndpoints[poolIdx].Endpoints[0].IsLocal {
			continue
		}

		go func(idx int) {
			stopfn := globalRebalanceMetrics.log(rebalanceMetricRebalanceBuckets, idx)
			err := z.rebalanceBuckets(ctx, idx)
			stopfn(0, err)
		}(poolIdx)
	}
}

}

// LastConn - returns when the disk is seen to be connected the last time
func (client *storageRESTClient) LastConn() time.Time {
	return client.restClient.LastConn()
}

func (client *storageRESTClient) IsLocal() bool {
	return false
}

func (client *storageRESTClient) Hostname() string {
	return client.endpoint.Host
}

func (client *storageRESTClient) Endpoint() Endpoint {
	return client.endpoint
}

	// first node. The following is required to serialize (the effects of)
	// concurrent rebalance-start commands.
	if ep := globalEndpoints[0].Endpoints[0]; !ep.IsLocal {
		for nodeIdx, proxyEp := range globalProxyEndpoints {
			if proxyEp.Host == ep.Host {
				if proxied, success := proxyRequestByNodeIndex(ctx, w, r, nodeIdx, false); proxied && success {
					return
				}
			}