Endpoint{URL: case4URLs[1], IsLocal: case4LocalFlags[1]},
			Endpoint{URL: case4URLs[2], IsLocal: case4LocalFlags[2]},
			Endpoint{URL: case4URLs[3], IsLocal: case4LocalFlags[3]},
		}, DistErasureSetupType, nil},

		{":9000", []string{case5Endpoint1, case5Endpoint2, case5Endpoint3, case5Endpoint4}, ":9000", Endpoints{
			Endpoint{URL: case5URLs[0], IsLocal: case5LocalFlags[0]},
			Endpoint{URL: case5URLs[1], IsLocal: case5LocalFlags[1]},

            return !(isLocal(url.getHost()) || url.getProtocol().equals("file"));
        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
            // bad url just skip it here. It should have been validated already, but the wagon lookup will deal with it
            return false;
        }
    }

    private static boolean isLocal(String host) {

	// Based on the random shuffling return back randomized disks.
	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))

	for _, i := range r.Perm(len(disks)) {
		if disks[i] != nil && disks[i].IsLocal() {
			newDisks = append(newDisks, disks[i])
		}
	}

	return newDisks
}

func (er erasureObjects) getLocalDisks() (newDisks []StorageAPI) {
	disks := er.getDisks()

	// first node. The following is required to serialize (the effects of)
	// concurrent rebalance-start commands.
	if ep := globalEndpoints[0].Endpoints[0]; !ep.IsLocal {
		for nodeIdx, proxyEp := range globalProxyEndpoints {
			if proxyEp.Host == ep.Host {
				if proxied, success := proxyRequestByNodeIndex(ctx, w, r, nodeIdx, false); proxied && success {
					return
				}
			}

		return err == errDiskNotFound
	}
	return d.disk.IsOnline()
}

func (d *naughtyDisk) LastConn() time.Time {
	return d.disk.LastConn()
}

func (d *naughtyDisk) IsLocal() bool {
	return d.disk.IsLocal()
}

func (d *naughtyDisk) Endpoint() Endpoint {
	return d.disk.Endpoint()
}

func (d *naughtyDisk) Hostname() string {
	return d.disk.Hostname()
}

			disk, format, err := connectEndpoint(endpoint)
			if err != nil {
				if endpoint.IsLocal && errors.Is(err, errUnformattedDisk) {
					globalBackgroundHealState.pushHealLocalDisks(endpoint)
				} else if !errors.Is(err, errDriveIsRoot) {
					if log {
						printEndpointError(endpoint, err, true)
					}
				}
				return
			}
			if disk.IsLocal() {
				h := disk.Healing()
				if h != nil && !h.Finished {

			di := madmin.Disk{
				Endpoint:  endpoints[index].String(),
				PoolIndex: endpoints[index].PoolIdx,
				SetIndex:  endpoints[index].SetIdx,
				DiskIndex: endpoints[index].DiskIdx,
				Local:     endpoints[index].IsLocal,
			}
			if disks[index] == OfflineDisk {
				di.State = diskErrToDriveState(errDiskNotFound)
				disksInfo[index] = di
				return nil
			}

	// if it has a "format.json" then is it correct "format.json" or not.
	IsOnline() bool

	// Returns the last time this disk (re)-connected
	LastConn() time.Time

	// Indicates if disk is local or not.
	IsLocal() bool

	// Returns hostname if disk is remote.
	Hostname() string

	// Returns the entire endpoint.
	Endpoint() Endpoint

	// Close the disk, mark it purposefully closed, only implemented for remote disks.

}

func (l *localLocker) Close() error {
	return nil
}

// IsOnline - local locker is always online.
func (l *localLocker) IsOnline() bool {
	return true
}

// IsLocal - local locker returns true.
func (l *localLocker) IsLocal() bool {
	return true
}

func (l *localLocker) ForceUnlock(ctx context.Context, args dsync.LockArgs) (reply bool, err error) {
	if ctx.Err() != nil {
		return false, ctx.Err()
	}

func newPeerS3Clients(endpoints EndpointServerPools) (peers []peerS3Client) {
	nodes := endpoints.GetNodes()
	peers = make([]peerS3Client, len(nodes))
	for i, node := range nodes {
		if node.IsLocal {
			peers[i] = &localPeerS3Client{node: node}
		} else {
			peers[i] = newPeerS3Client(node)
		}
		peers[i].SetPools(node.Pools)
	}

	return peers
}

// Returns a peer S3 client.