# etcd V3 Quickstart Guide [![Slack](https://slack.min.io/slack?type=svg)](https://slack.min.io)

etcd is a distributed key value store that provides a reliable way to store data across a cluster of machines.

## Get started

### 1. Prerequisites

- Docker 18.03 or above, refer here for [installation](https://docs.docker.com/install/).

### 2. Start etcd

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The drives should all be of approximately the same size.

## Get Started with MinIO in Erasure Code

### 1. Prerequisites

> In a cloud-native environment, scalability is not a function of the application but the orchestration platform.

In a typical modern infrastructure deployment, application, database, key-store, etc. already live in containers and are managed by orchestration platforms. MinIO brings robust, scalable, AWS S3 compatible object storage to the lot.

#### Figure 2 - KMS key hierarchy

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Lifecycle transition functionality provided in [bucket lifecycle guide](https://github.com/minio/minio/master/docs/bucket/lifecycle/README.md) allows tiering of content from MinIO object store to public clouds or other MinIO clusters.

Transition tiers can be added to MinIO using `mc admin tier add` command to associate a `gcs`, `s3` or `azure` bucket or prefix path on a bucket to the tier name.

# Erasure code sizing guide

## Toy Setups

Capacity constrained environments, MinIO will work but not recommended for production.

| servers | drives (per node) | stripe_size | parity chosen (default) | tolerance for reads (servers) | tolerance for writes (servers) |
|--------:|------------------:|------------:|------------------------:|------------------------------:|-------------------------------:|

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)

Refer to sizing guide for more understanding on default values chosen depending on your erasure stripe size [here](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/docs/distributed/SIZING.md). Parity settings can be changed using [storage classes](https://github.com/minio/minio/tree/master/docs/erasure/storage-class).