if obj := encodeDirObject(object); obj != object {
		object = obj
	}
	return HasSuffix(object, globalDirSuffix)
}

// Helper method to return total number of nodes in cluster
func totalNodeCount() int {
	totalNodesCount := len(globalEndpoints.Hostnames())
	if totalNodesCount == 0 {
		totalNodesCount = 1 // For standalone erasure coding
	}
	return totalNodesCount
}

	} else {
		// Reinitialize safely when testing.
		globalBucketMetadataSys.Reset()
	}

	// Create the bucket bandwidth monitor
	globalBucketMonitor = bandwidth.NewMonitor(ctx, uint64(totalNodeCount()))

	// Create a new config system.
	globalConfigSys = NewConfigSys()

	// Create new IAM system.
	globalIAMSys = NewIAMSys()

	// Create new policy system.
	globalPolicySys = NewPolicySys()

	go func() {
		defer xioutil.SafeClose(resultCh)

		ci := madmin.ClusterRegistrationInfo{}
		ci.Info.NoOfServerPools = len(globalEndpoints)
		ci.Info.NoOfServers = totalNodeCount()
		ci.Info.MinioVersion = Version

		si := objectAPI.StorageInfo(ctx, false)

		ci.Info.NoOfDrives = len(si.Disks)
		for _, disk := range si.Disks {
			ci.Info.TotalDriveSpace += disk.TotalSpace