// for erasure coding information
		return true
	}
	dataBlocks := fi.Erasure.DataBlocks
	parityBlocks := fi.Erasure.ParityBlocks
	correctIndexes := (fi.Erasure.Index > 0 &&
		fi.Erasure.Index <= dataBlocks+parityBlocks &&
		len(fi.Erasure.Distribution) == (dataBlocks+parityBlocks))
	return ((dataBlocks >= parityBlocks) &&
		(dataBlocks > 0) && (parityBlocks >= 0) &&
		correctIndexes)
}

		// Seed the buffers.
		for i := range bufs {
			bufs[i] = b[i*shardSize : (i+1)*shardSize]
		}
	}

	return &parallelReader{
		readers:       readers,
		orgReaders:    readers,
		dataBlocks:    e.dataBlocks,
		offset:        (offset / e.blockSize) * e.ShardSize(),
		shardSize:     e.ShardSize(),
		shardFileSize: e.ShardFileSize(totalLength),
		buf:           make([][]byte, len(readers)),
		readerToBuf:   r2b,

type ErasureInfo struct {
	// Algorithm is the string representation of erasure-coding-algorithm
	Algorithm string `json:"algorithm"`
	// DataBlocks is the number of data blocks for erasure-coding
	DataBlocks int `json:"data"`
	// ParityBlocks is the number of parity blocks for erasure-coding
	ParityBlocks int `json:"parity"`
	// BlockSize is the size of one erasure-coded block

// newFileInfo - initializes new FileInfo, allocates a fresh erasure info.
func newFileInfo(object string, dataBlocks, parityBlocks int) (fi FileInfo) {
	fi.Erasure = ErasureInfo{
		Algorithm:    erasureAlgorithm,
		DataBlocks:   dataBlocks,
		ParityBlocks: parityBlocks,
		BlockSize:    blockSizeV2,
		Distribution: hashOrder(object, dataBlocks+parityBlocks),
	}
	return fi
}

			break
		}
	}

	if !validMeta.IsValid() {
		// validMeta is invalid because all xl.meta is missing apparently
		// we should figure out if dataDirs are also missing > dataBlocks.
		dataBlocks := (len(metaArr) + 1) / 2
		if notFoundPartsErrs > dataBlocks {
			// Not using parity to ensure that we do not delete
			// any valid content, if any is recoverable. But if
			// notFoundDataDirs are already greater than the data

		case "Algorithm":
			z.Algorithm, err = dc.ReadString()
			if err != nil {
				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "Algorithm")
				return
			}
		case "DataBlocks":
			z.DataBlocks, err = dc.ReadInt()
			if err != nil {
				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "DataBlocks")
				return
			}
		case "ParityBlocks":
			z.ParityBlocks, err = dc.ReadInt()
			if err != nil {
				err = msgp.WrapError(err, "ParityBlocks")

		ModTime:          time.Now().UTC(),
		Size:             0,
		Mode:             0,
		Metadata:         nil,
		Parts:            nil,
		Erasure: ErasureInfo{
			Algorithm:    ReedSolomon.String(),
			DataBlocks:   4,
			ParityBlocks: 2,
			BlockSize:    10000,
			Index:        1,
			Distribution: []int{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8},
			Checksums: []ChecksumInfo{{
				PartNumber: 1,
				Algorithm:  HighwayHash256S,

func shardSize(blockSize, dataBlocks int) (sz int) {
	if dataBlocks == 0 {
		// do nothing on invalid input
		return
	}
	// Make denominator positive
	if dataBlocks < 0 {
		blockSize = -blockSize
		dataBlocks = -dataBlocks
	}
	sz = blockSize / dataBlocks
	if blockSize > 0 && blockSize%dataBlocks != 0 {
		sz++
	}
	return
}

	lastPartIndex, _, err := fi.ObjectToPartOffset(ctx, endOffset)
	if err != nil {
		return InvalidRange{startOffset, length, fi.Size}
	}

	var totalBytesRead int64
	erasure, err := NewErasure(ctx, fi.Erasure.DataBlocks, fi.Erasure.ParityBlocks, fi.Erasure.BlockSize)
	if err != nil {
		return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
	}

	var healOnce sync.Once

	for ; partIndex <= lastPartIndex; partIndex++ {

			latestFileInfo = partsMetadata[index]
			count++
		}
	}

	if !latestFileInfo.IsValid() {
		return FileInfo{}, errErasureReadQuorum
	}

	if count < latestFileInfo.Erasure.DataBlocks {
		return FileInfo{}, errErasureReadQuorum
	}

	return latestFileInfo, nil
}

// validates functionality provided to find most common
// time occurrence from a list of time.