| Params        | Value                                              |
| :--           | :--                                                |
| *Type*        | *Integer*                                          |
| *Valid Range* | *Minimum value of 900. Maximum value of 31536000.* |
| *Required*    | *No*                                               |

### Policy

// values do not have types (e.g. when reading from CSV), for
// comparison operations, automatic type conversion happens by trying
// to check if the value is a number (first an integer, then a float),
// and falling back to string.
func (v *Value) compareOp(op string, a *Value) (res bool, err error) {
	if !isValidComparisonOperator(op) {
		return false, errArithInvalidOperator
	}
	switch op {

				if err != nil {
					return nil, err
				}
			}
			if ndjson {
				return buf.Bytes(), nil
			}
			var msi map[string]interface{}
			dec := json.NewDecoder(buf)
			// Use number to preserve integers.
			dec.UseNumber()
			err = dec.Decode(&msi)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}
			b, err = json.MarshalIndent(msi, "", "  ")
			if err != nil {
				return nil, err
			}

func exponentialBackoffWait(r *rand.Rand, unit, cap time.Duration) func(uint) time.Duration {
	if unit > time.Hour {
		// Protect against integer overflow
		panic("unit cannot exceed one hour")
	}
	return func(attempt uint) time.Duration {
		if attempt > 16 {
			// Protect against integer overflow
			attempt = 16
		}
		// sleep = random_between(unit, min(cap, base * 2 ** attempt))
		sleep := unit * time.Duration(1<<attempt)

	// List of prefixes for this request.
	Prefixes []string
}

// PartInfo - represents individual part metadata.
type PartInfo struct {
	// Part number that identifies the part. This is a positive integer between
	// 1 and 10,000.
	PartNumber int

	// Date and time at which the part was uploaded.
	LastModified time.Time

	// Entity tag returned when the part was initially uploaded.
	ETag string

	if s[0] != schemePrefix {
		return StorageClass{}, config.ErrStorageClassValue(nil).Msg("Unsupported scheme " + s[0] + ". Supported scheme is EC")
	}

	// Number of parity drives should be integer
	parityDrives, err := strconv.Atoi(s[1])
	if err != nil {
		return StorageClass{}, config.ErrStorageClassValue(err)
	}
	if parityDrives < 0 {

## Inter Node Metrics

| Name                                      | Description                                             |
|:------------------------------------------|:--------------------------------------------------------|
| `minio_inter_node_traffic_dial_avg_time`  | Average time of internodes TCP dial calls.              |

}

func errCastFailure(msg string) error {
	return fmt.Errorf("Error casting: %s", msg)
}

// Allowed cast types
const (
	castBool      = "BOOL"
	castInt       = "INT"
	castInteger   = "INTEGER"
	castString    = "STRING"
	castFloat     = "FLOAT"
	castDecimal   = "DECIMAL"
	castNumeric   = "NUMERIC"
	castTimestamp = "TIMESTAMP"
)

			return fmt.Errorf("Default retention period must be a positive integer value for 'Days'")
		}
		if *retention.Days > maximumRetentionDays {
			return fmt.Errorf("Default retention period too large for 'Days' %d", *retention.Days)
		}
	} else if *retention.Years == 0 {
		return fmt.Errorf("Default retention period must be a positive integer value for 'Years'")
	} else if *retention.Years > maximumRetentionYears {

	for _, disk := range disks {
		if disk == nil {
			continue
		}
		diskCount++
	}
	return diskCount
}

// hashOrder - hashes input key to return consistent
// hashed integer slice. Returned integer order is salted
// with an input key. This results in consistent order.
// NOTE: collisions are fine, we are not looking for uniqueness
// in the slices returned.