if legacy {
			// ram_per_request is (1MiB+32KiB) * driveCount \
			//    + 2 * 10MiB (default erasure block size v1) + 2 * 1MiB (default erasure block size v2)
			apiRequestsMaxPerNode = int(maxMem / uint64(maxSetDrives*blockSize+int(blockSizeV1*2+blockSizeV2*2)))
		} else {
			// ram_per_request is (1MiB+32KiB) * driveCount \
			//    + 2 * 1MiB (default erasure block size v2)

// acceptable quorum expected for list operations
func getListQuorum(quorum string, driveCount int) int {
	switch quorum {
	case "disk":
		return 1
	case "reduced":
		return 2
	case "optimal":
		return (driveCount + 1) / 2
	case "auto":
		return -1
	}
	// defaults to 'strict'
	return driveCount
}

			return err
		}

		pools = make([]poolArgs, 0, len(cf.Pools))
		for _, list := range cf.Pools {
			driveCount := list.SetDriveCount
			if setDriveCount > 0 {
				driveCount = setDriveCount
			}
			pools = append(pools, poolArgs{
				args:          list.Args,
				setDriveCount: driveCount,
			})
		}
	}
	ctxt.Layout, err = buildDisksLayoutFromConfFile(pools)
	return err
}