Refer to the sizing guide with details on the default parity count chosen for different erasure stripe sizes [here](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/docs/distributed/SIZING.md)

MinIO places new objects in server pools based on proportionate free space, per pool. Following pseudo code demonstrates this behavior.

```go
func getAvailablePoolIdx(ctx context.Context) int {
        serverPools := z.getServerPoolsAvailableSpace(ctx)