## Why is Erasure Code useful?

    public HashCode hash() {
      long value = checksum.getValue();
      if (bits == 32) {
        /*
         * The long returned from a 32-bit Checksum will have all 0s for its second word, so the
         * cast won't lose any information and is necessary to return a HashCode of the correct
         * size.
         */
        return HashCode.fromInt((int) value);
      } else {
        return HashCode.fromLong(value);
      }

### Checking cluster health for maintenance

You may query the cluster probe endpoint to check if the node which received the request can be taken down for maintenance, if the server replies back '412 Precondition Failed' this means you will lose HA. '200 OK' means you are okay to proceed.

```
curl http://minio1:9001/minio/health/cluster?maintenance=true
HTTP/1.1 412 Precondition Failed
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Content-Length: 0
Server: MinIO
Vary: Origin

     * be {@code a -> c}.
     * <p>
     * Original code would falsely report {@code a} project as "without dependencies", basically would lose link due
     * filtering. This causes build ordering issues in concurrent builders.
     */
    private List<MavenProject> applyFilter(

	//
	// Additionally, fsnotify will lose existing watches on atomic copies (due to overwrite/rename),
	// so we have to re-watch after re-copy to make sure we always have fresh watches.
	watcher, err := util.CreateFileWatcher(targets...)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	defer func() {
		setNotReady(in.isReady)
		watcher.Close()
	}()

    return desiredUnit.convert(elapsedNanos(), NANOSECONDS);
  }

  /**
   * Returns the current elapsed time shown on this stopwatch as a {@link Duration}. Unlike {@link
   * #elapsed(TimeUnit)}, this method does not lose any precision due to rounding.
   *
   * @since 22.0 (but only since 33.4.0 in the Android flavor)
   */
  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible
  @J2ObjCIncompatible
  public Duration elapsed() {

	_, err = obj.PutObject(ctx, bucket, object, mustGetPutObjReader(t, bytes.NewReader([]byte("abcd")), int64(len("abcd")), "", ""), opts)
	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}

	// Remove one more disk to 'lose' quorum, by taking 2 more drives offline.
	erasureDisks = xl.getDisks()
	z.serverPools[0].erasureDisksMu.Lock()
	xl.getDisks = func() []StorageAPI {
		erasureDisks[7] = nil
		erasureDisks[8] = nil

    `Cache.urls()` would prevent in-flight entries from being written.


## Version 3.14.3

_2019-09-10_

 *  Fix: Don't lose HTTP/2 flow control bytes when incoming data races with a stream close. If this
    happened enough then eventually the connection would stall.

 *  Fix: Acknowledge and apply inbound HTTP/2 settings atomically. Previously we had a race where we

    the certificate that follows and the last certificate is signed by a trusted root.

 *  Fix: Don't lose HTTP/2 flow control bytes when incoming data races with a stream close. If this
    happened enough then eventually the connection would stall.

 *  Fix: Acknowledge and apply inbound HTTP/2 settings atomically. Previously we had a race where we

- find accounts whose group memberships have changed; access policies available to a credential are updated to reflect the change, i.e. they will lose any privileges associated with a group they are removed from, and gain any privileges associated with a group they are added to.