// Initializes a new StorageAPI from the endpoint argument, returns
// StorageAPI and also `format` which exists on the disk.
func connectEndpoint(endpoint Endpoint) (StorageAPI, *formatErasureV3, error) {
	disk, err := newStorageAPI(endpoint, storageOpts{
		cleanUp:     false,
		healthCheck: false,
	})
	if err != nil {
		return nil, nil, err
	}

	format, err := loadFormatErasure(disk, false)
	if err != nil {