return int(sip.Sum64() % uint64(cardinality))
}
```

Input for the key is the object name specified in `PutObject()`, returns a unique index. This index is one of the erasure sets where the object will reside. This function is a consistent hash for a given object name i.e for a given object name the index returned is always the same.

deleted as `PENDING` purge and deletes the version from source after syncing to the target and ensuring target version is deleted. The delete marker being deleted or object version being deleted will still be visible on listing with `mc ls --versions` until the sync is completed. Objects marked as deleted will not be accessible via `GET` or `HEAD` requests and would return a http response code of `405`. The status of versioned delete replication on the source can be queried by `HEAD` request on the...

### Expiry or removal events

An object that is in transition tier will be deleted once the object hits expiry date or if removed via `mc rm` (`mc rm --vid` in the case of delete of a specific object version). Other rules specific to legal hold and object locking precede any lifecycle rules.

| xlVersion | [4]byte     | `'1', ' ', ' ', ' '`
| xlMetaV2  | msgp object | All versions as single messagepack object
| [EOF] | |

### v1.1+

Version 1.1 added inline data, which will be placed after the metadata.

Therefore, the metadata is wrapped as a binary array for easy skipping.

| Entry          | Encoding       | Content
| ---------------|----------------|----------------------------------------