}

    private ChannelInfo selectWithAffinity(CommonServerMessageBlock message, Collection<ChannelInfo> channels) {
        // Use file handle or tree ID for affinity
        long affinityKey = 0;

        // Use tree ID for SMB2 requests for affinity
        if (message instanceof ServerMessageBlock2Request) {
            ServerMessageBlock2Request smb2Request = (ServerMessageBlock2Request) message;

     * Select the least busy channel based on pending operations
     */
    LEAST_LOADED,

    /**
     * Weighted random selection based on channel scores
     */
    WEIGHTED_RANDOM,

    /**
     * Affinity-based selection for related operations
     */
    AFFINITY_BASED,

    /**
     * Adaptive selection based on operation type and performance
     */
    ADAPTIVE

        loadBalancer.setStrategy(LoadBalancingStrategy.AFFINITY_BASED);

        Smb2ReadRequest readRequest = mock(Smb2ReadRequest.class);
        when(readRequest.getTreeId()).thenReturn(123); // Set consistent tree ID for affinity

        when(mockChannelManager.getHealthyChannels()).thenReturn(Arrays.asList(channel1, channel2));

        // Multiple calls with same file ID should return same channel

  #    hosts:
  #      - chart-example.local

## Node labels for pod assignment
## Ref: https://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/node-selection/
##
nodeSelector: {}
tolerations: []
affinity: {}
topologySpreadConstraints: []

## Add stateful containers to have security context, if enabled MinIO will run as this
## user and group NOTE: securityContext is only enabled if persistence.enabled=true

        }
        
        if (affinityKey != 0) {
            // Select channel based on affinity key
            List<ChannelInfo> list = new ArrayList<>(channels);
            int index = Math.abs((int)(affinityKey % list.size()));
            return list.get(index);
        }
        
        // No affinity, use weighted random
        return selectWeightedRandom(channels);
    }
    

The drives should all be of approximately the same size.

- Changed the error message displayed when a pod is trying to attach a volume that does not match the label/selector from "x node(s) had volume node affinity conflict" to "x node(s) didn't match PersistentVolume's node affinity". ([#129887](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/129887), [@rhrmo](https://github.com/rhrmo)) [SIG Scheduling and Storage]

- Fixed queue hint for inter-pod anti-affinity in case deleted pod's anti-affinity matched the pending pod, which might have caused delays in scheduling. ([#135325](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/135325), [@brejman](https://github.com/brejman)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]

- Made node affinity in Persistent Volume mutable. ([#134339](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/134339), [@huww98](https://github.com/huww98)) [SIG API Machinery, Apps and Node]

- Kube-scheduler: fixes a 1.30 regression that can lead to a scheduler crash when processing pods with affinity that doesn't match a real/valid node ([#125039](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/125039), [@AxeZhan](https://github.com/AxeZhan)) [SIG Scheduling and Testing]