if [[ $? -eq 0 ]]; then
		echo "Outputs are consistent."
		break
	fi

	remaining_attempts=$((max_wait_attempts - attempt))
	if ((attempt >= max_wait_attempts)); then
		echo "Outputs remain inconsistent after $max_wait_attempts attempts. Exiting with error."
		exit 1
	else
		echo "Outputs are inconsistent. Waiting for $wait_interval seconds (attempt $attempt/$max_wait_attempts)."

	var inconsistent int
	for i, meta := range metaArr {
		if disks[i] == nil {
			// Assuming offline drives as inconsistent,
			// to be safe and fallback to original
			// distribution order.
			inconsistent++
			continue
		}
		if !meta.IsValid() {
			inconsistent++
			continue
		}
		if meta.XLV1 != fi.XLV1 {
			inconsistent++
			continue
		}

		tops = tops[:0]
		var topSig xlMetaV2VersionHeader
		consistent := true // Are all signatures consistent (shortcut)
		for _, vers := range versions {
			if len(vers) == 0 {
				consistent = false
				continue
			}
			ver := vers[0]
			if len(tops) == 0 {
				consistent = true
				topSig = ver.header
			} else {
				consistent = consistent && ver.header == topSig
			}
			tops = append(tops, vers[0])

			continue
		}
		onlineDisks[ep]++
	}

	rootDiskCount := 0
	for _, di := range disksInfo {
		if di.RootDisk {
			rootDiskCount++
		}
	}

	// Count offline disks as well to ensure consistent
	// reportability of offline drives on local setups.
	if len(disksInfo) == (rootDiskCount + offlineDisks.Sum()) {
		// Success.
		return onlineDisks, offlineDisks
	}

		{"/a/b/c", []int{6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}},
		{string([]byte{0xff, 0xfe, 0xfd}), []int{15, 16, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14}},
	}

	// Tests hashing order to be consistent.
	for i, testCase := range testCases {
		hashedOrder := hashOrder(testCase.objectName, 16)
		if !reflect.DeepEqual(testCase.hashedOrder, hashedOrder) {

		wantOk       bool
	}{
		{
			name:         "consistent",
			m:            metaCacheEntries{inputSerialized[0], inputSerialized[0], inputSerialized[0], inputSerialized[0]},
			r:            metadataResolutionParams{dirQuorum: 4, objQuorum: 4, strict: false},
			wantSelected: &inputSerialized[0],
			wantOk:       true,
		},
		{
			name:         "consistent-strict",

				// number of items than number of online disks.
				inconsistent++
				continue
			}
			if meta.Erasure.Distribution[i] != meta.Erasure.Index {
				// Mismatch indexes with distribution order
				inconsistent++
			}
		}
	}

	erasureDistributionReliable := true
	if inconsistent > len(partsMetadata)/2 {
		// If there are too many inconsistent files, then we can't trust erasure.Distribution (most likely

	objectAPI, _ := validateAdminReq(ctx, w, r, policy.RebalanceAdminAction)
	if objectAPI == nil {
		return
	}

	// Proxy rebalance-status to first pool first node, so that users see a
	// consistent view of rebalance progress even though different rebalancing
	// pools may temporarily have out of date info on the others.
	if ep := globalEndpoints[0].Endpoints[0]; !ep.IsLocal {

**If MinIO distributed setup is using NFS volumes underneath it is not guaranteed MinIO will provide these consistency guarantees since NFS is not strictly consistent (If you must use NFS we recommend that you at least use NFSv4 instead of NFSv3 for relatively better outcomes).**

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}
```

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.