}

// randomly picks a character and returns its equivalent byte array.
func getRandomByte() []byte {
	const letterBytes = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
	// seeding the random number generator.
	rand.Seed(UTCNow().UnixNano())
	// pick a character randomly.
	return []byte{letterBytes[rand.Intn(len(letterBytes))]}
}

// picks a random byte and repeats it to size bytes.

			// sleep for some time and try again.
			duration := time.Duration(r.Float64() * float64(time.Hour))
			if duration < time.Second {
				// Make sure to sleep at least a second to avoid high CPU ticks.
				duration = time.Second
			}
			time.Sleep(duration)
		}
	}()
}

func licenceUpdaterLoop(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer) {
	ctx, cancel := globalLeaderLock.GetLock(ctx)
	defer cancel()

			// sleep for some time and try again.
			duration := time.Duration(r.Float64() * float64(globalCallhomeConfig.FrequencyDur()))
			if duration < time.Second {
				// Make sure to sleep at least a second to avoid high CPU ticks.
				duration = time.Second
			}
			time.Sleep(duration)
		}
	}()
}

func runCallhome(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer) bool {
	// Make sure only 1 callhome is running on the cluster.

// that have not been refreshed for some time.
func lockMaintenance(ctx context.Context) {
	if !globalIsDistErasure {
		return
	}

	// Initialize a new ticker with 1 minute between each ticks.
	lkTimer := time.NewTimer(lockMaintenanceInterval)
	// Stop the timer upon returning.
	defer lkTimer.Stop()

	for {
		// Verifies every minute for locks held more than 2 minutes.
		select {

			<-ctx.Done()
			return
		}
		duration := time.Duration(r.Float64() * float64(time.Second*10))
		if duration < time.Second {
			// Make sure to sleep at least a second to avoid high CPU ticks.
			duration = time.Second
		}
		time.Sleep(duration)
	}
}

// load resync metrics saved on disk into memory
func (sm *siteResyncMetrics) load(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer) error {