for _, endpoint := range ep.Endpoints {
			if endpoint.IsLocal {
				localDisksCount[i]++
			}
		}
	}
	return localDisksCount
}

// FirstLocal returns true if the first endpoint is local.
func (l EndpointServerPools) FirstLocal() bool {
	return l[0].Endpoints[0].IsLocal
}

// HTTPS - returns true if secure for URLEndpointType.
func (l EndpointServerPools) HTTPS() bool {

		// for all setups smaller than this avoid pre-alloc.
		buffers.Populate()
	}
	globalBytePoolCap.Store(buffers)

	var localDrives []StorageAPI
	local := endpointServerPools.FirstLocal()
	for i, ep := range endpointServerPools {
		// If storage class is not set during startup, default values are used
		// -- Default for Reduced Redundancy Storage class is, parity = 2