var v2bufs [][]byte
	if !readData {
		v2bufs = make([][]byte, len(rawFileInfos))
	}

	// Read `xl.meta` in parallel across disks.
	for index := range rawFileInfos {
		rf := rawFileInfos[index]
		if rf.Buf == nil {
			continue
		}
		if !readData {
			// Save the buffer so we can reuse it.
			v2bufs[index] = rf.Buf
		}

		var xl xlMetaV2

	startBlock := int64(0)
	endBlock := totalLength / e.blockSize
	if totalLength%e.blockSize != 0 {
		endBlock++
	}

	var bufs [][]byte
	for block := startBlock; block < endBlock; block++ {
		var err error
		bufs, err = reader.Read(bufs)
		if len(bufs) > 0 {
			if errors.Is(err, errFileNotFound) || errors.Is(err, errFileCorrupt) {
				if derr == nil {
					derr = err
				}
			}

      // oh, there's the end of the stream
      return combineBuffers(bufs, MAX_ARRAY_LEN);
    } else {
      throw new OutOfMemoryError("input is too large to fit in a byte array");
    }
  }

  private static byte[] combineBuffers(Queue<byte[]> bufs, int totalLen) {
    if (bufs.isEmpty()) {
      return new byte[0];
    }
    byte[] result = bufs.remove();
    if (result.length == totalLen) {
      return result;