Example 1: Start distributed MinIO instance on n nodes with m drives each mounted at `/export1` to `/exportm` (pictured below), by running this command on all the n nodes:

![Distributed MinIO, n nodes with m drives each](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/docs/screenshots/Architecture-diagram_distributed_nm.png?raw=true)

### GNU/Linux and macOS

NODES=4

args1=()
args2=()
for i in $(seq 1 $NODES); do
	args1+=("http://localhost:$((9000 + i))/tmp/xl/1/$i ")
	args2+=("http://localhost:$((9100 + i))/tmp/xl/2/$i ")
done

for i in $(seq 1 $NODES); do
	./minio server --address "127.0.0.1:$((9000 + i))" ${args1[@]} & # | tee /tmp/minio/node.$i &

  // https://git.k8s.io/enhancements/keps/sig-node/688-pod-overhead/README.md
  // +optional
  optional Overhead overhead = 2;

  // scheduling holds the scheduling constraints to ensure that pods running
  // with this RuntimeClass are scheduled to nodes that support it.
  // If scheduling is nil, this RuntimeClass is assumed to be supported by all
  // nodes.
  // +optional
  optional Scheduling scheduling = 3;
}

      assertThat(network.nodes()).isEmpty();
      assertThat(network.edges()).isEmpty();
      AbstractNetworkTest.validateNetwork(network);

      while (network.nodes().size() < NUM_NODES) {
        network.addNode(gen.nextInt(NODE_POOL_SIZE));
      }
      ArrayList<Integer> nodeList = new ArrayList<>(network.nodes());
      for (int i = 0; i < NUM_EDGES; ++i) {

     */
    @Nullable
    Dependency getDependency();

    /**
     * Gets the child nodes of this node.
     *
     * @return the child nodes of this node, never {@code null}
     */
    @Nonnull
    List<Node> getChildren();

    /**
     * @return repositories of this node
     */
    @Nonnull
    List<RemoteRepository> getRemoteRepositories();

    /**

  /** Returns the children of the specified node. Must not contain null. */
  public abstract Iterable<T> children(T root);

  /**
   * Returns an unmodifiable iterable over the nodes in a tree structure, using pre-order traversal.
   * That is, each node's subtrees are traversed after the node itself is returned.
   *
   * <p>No guarantees are made about the behavior of the traversal when nodes change while iteration

        writeElastisearchJsonApi(zos, id, "nodes", "stats");
        writeElastisearchJsonApi(zos, id, "nodes", "_all");
        writeElastisearchJsonApi(zos, id, "nodes", "usage");
        writeElastisearchJsonApi(zos, id, "remote", "info");
        writeElastisearchJsonApi(zos, id, "tasks", "");
        writeElastisearchJsonApi(zos, id, "nodes", "hot_threads");
    }

      assertThat(network.nodes()).isEmpty();
      assertThat(network.edges()).isEmpty();
      AbstractNetworkTest.validateNetwork(network);

      while (network.nodes().size() < NUM_NODES) {
        network.addNode(gen.nextInt(NODE_POOL_SIZE));
      }
      ArrayList<Integer> nodeList = new ArrayList<>(network.nodes());
      for (int i = 0; i < NUM_EDGES; ++i) {

     *
     * @param tree "dirty" tree root
     * @param versionedVertices true if graph nodes should be versioned (different versions -> different nodes)
     * @param scopedVertices true if graph nodes should be versioned and scoped
     * (different versions and/or scopes -> different nodes)
     *
     */
    public MetadataGraph(MetadataTreeNode tree, boolean versionedVertices, boolean scopedVertices)

		switch msgp.UnsafeString(field) {
		case "Nodes":
			var zb0002 uint32
			zb0002, err = dc.ReadArrayHeader()
			if err != nil {
				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Nodes")
				return
			}
			if cap(z.Nodes) >= int(zb0002) {
				z.Nodes = (z.Nodes)[:zb0002]
			} else {
				z.Nodes = make([]ReplQNodeStats, zb0002)
			}
			for za0001 := range z.Nodes {
				err = z.Nodes[za0001].DecodeMsg(dc)
				if err != nil {