if id, err = pools.initRebalanceMeta(ctx, buckets); err != nil {
		writeErrorResponseJSON(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL)
		return
	}

	// Rebalance routine is run on the first node of any pool participating in rebalance.
	pools.StartRebalance()

	b, err := json.Marshal(struct {
		ID string `json:"id"`
	}{ID: id})
	if err != nil {
		writeErrorResponseJSON(ctx, w, toAPIError(ctx, err), r.URL)
		return

	NumVersions       uint64        `json:"numVersions" msg:"nv"`        // Number of versions rebalanced
	Bytes             uint64        `json:"bytes" msg:"bs"`              // Number of bytes rebalanced
	Participating     bool          `json:"participating" msg:"par"`
	Info              rebalanceInfo `json:"info" msg:"inf"`
}

func (rs *rebalanceStats) update(bucket string, fi FileInfo) {
	if fi.IsLatest {
		rs.NumObjects++
	}

	// mainly set for certain WRITE operations.
	SkipDecommissioned bool
	// SkipRebalancing should be set to 'true' if the call should skip pools
	// participating in a rebalance operation. Typically set for 'write' operations.
	SkipRebalancing bool

	SrcPoolIdx int // set by PutObject/CompleteMultipart operations due to rebalance; used to prevent rebalance src, dst pools to be the same

	nSets := make([]int, len(z.serverPools))
	g := errgroup.WithNErrs(len(z.serverPools))
	for index := range z.serverPools {
		index := index
		// Skip suspended pools or pools participating in rebalance for any new
		// I/O.
		if z.IsSuspended(index) || z.IsPoolRebalancing(index) {
			continue
		}
		pool := z.serverPools[index]
		nSets[index] = pool.setCount
		g.Go(func() error {

// PeerSiteInfo is a wrapper struct around madmin.PeerSite with extra info on site status
type PeerSiteInfo struct {
	madmin.PeerSite
	self         bool
	DeploymentID string
	Replicated   bool // true if already participating in site replication
	Empty        bool // true if cluster has no buckets
}

// getSiteStatuses gathers more info on the sites being added

		}
	}

	if pools, ok := objAPI.(*erasureServerPools); ok {
		pools.StopRebalance()
	}
}

// LoadRebalanceMeta notifies all peers to load rebalance.bin from object layer.
// Note: Only peers participating in rebalance operation, namely the first node
// in each pool will load rebalance.bin.
func (sys *NotificationSys) LoadRebalanceMeta(ctx context.Context, startRebalance bool) {
	ng := WithNPeers(len(sys.peerClients))