) {
	if len(poolArgs) == 0 {
		return nil, -1, errInvalidArgument
	}

	poolEndpoints, setupType, err := CreatePoolEndpoints(serverAddr, poolArgs...)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, -1, err
	}

	for i, endpointList := range poolEndpoints {
		if err = endpointServerPools.Add(PoolEndpoints{
			Legacy:       legacy,
			SetCount:     len(poolArgs[i].layout),

	// Initializes all erasure disks
	storageDisks, format, err := waitForFormatErasure(true, endpoints, 1, 1, 16, "")
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("Unable to format drives for erasure, %s", err)
	}

	ep := PoolEndpoints{Endpoints: endpoints}

	parity, err := ecDrivesNoConfig(16)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatalf("Unexpected error during EC drive config: %v", err)
	}

	// Distributed locker clients.
	erasureLockers setsDsyncLockers

	// Distributed lock owner (constant per running instance).
	erasureLockOwner string

	// List of endpoints provided on the command line.
	endpoints PoolEndpoints

	// String version of all the endpoints, an optimization
	// to avoid url.String() conversion taking CPU on
	// large disk setups.
	endpointStrings []string

	drivesPerSet := len(args)
	setCount := 1
	if len(args) >= 16 {
		drivesPerSet = 16
		setCount = len(args) / 16
	}
	endpoints := mustGetNewEndpoints(poolIdx, drivesPerSet, args...)
	return []PoolEndpoints{{
		SetCount:     setCount,
		DrivesPerSet: drivesPerSet,
		Endpoints:    endpoints,
		CmdLine:      strings.Join(args, " "),
	}}
}