In 12 drive example above, with MinIO server running in the default configuration, you can lose any of the six drives and still reconstruct the data reliably from the remaining drives.

## Why is Erasure Code useful?

MinIO batch jobs framework also provides

- Retrying a failed job automatically driven by user input
- Monitoring job progress in real-time
- Send notifications upon completion or failure to user configured target

Following YAML describes the structure of a replication job, each value is documented and self-describing.

```yaml
replicate:
  apiVersion: v1
  # source of the objects to be replicated

`PENDING` to `COMPLETED` or `FAILED` after replication attempt either succeeded or failed respectively. On the destination side, a `X-Amz-Replication-Status` status of `REPLICA` indicates that the object was replicated successfully. Any replication failures are automatically re-attempted during a periodic disk scanner cycle.

To perform bi-directional replication, repeat the above process on the target site - this time setting the source bucket as the replication target. It is recommended...

MinIO in distributed mode lets you pool multiple drives (even on different machines) into a single object storage server. As drives are distributed across several nodes, distributed MinIO can withstand multiple node failures and yet ensure full data protection.

## Why distributed MinIO?

Example:

```sh