// fetches a random number between range min-max.
func getRandomRange(min, max int, seed int64) int {
	// special value -1 means no explicit seeding.
	if seed != -1 {
		rand.Seed(seed)
	}
	return rand.Intn(max-min) + min
}

// Randomizes the order of bytes in the byte array
// using Knuth Fisher-Yates shuffle algorithm.
func randomizeBytes(s []byte, seed int64) []byte {

		t.Fatalf("%s : %s", instanceType, err.Error())
	}

	z := obj.(*erasureServerPools)
	er := z.serverPools[0].sets[0]

	erasureDisks := er.getDisks()
	ridx := rand.Intn(len(erasureDisks))

	z.serverPools[0].erasureDisksMu.Lock()
	er.getDisks = func() []StorageAPI {
		erasureDisks[ridx] = newNaughtyDisk(erasureDisks[ridx], nil, errFaultyDisk)
		return erasureDisks
	}

	rng := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano()))
	var d net.Dialer
	var retry int
	for retry < len(hosts) {
		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(GlobalContext, 300*time.Millisecond)

		host = hosts[rng.Intn(len(hosts))]
		conn, err := d.DialContext(ctx, "tcp", host)
		cancel()
		if err != nil {
			retry++
			continue
		}
		conn.Close()
		break
	}

	return host
}

pkg math/rand, func Int() int
pkg math/rand, func Int31() int32
pkg math/rand, func Int31n(int32) int32
pkg math/rand, func Int63() int64
pkg math/rand, func Int63n(int64) int64
pkg math/rand, func Intn(int) int
pkg math/rand, func New(Source) *Rand
pkg math/rand, func NewSource(int64) Source
pkg math/rand, func NewZipf(*Rand, float64, float64, uint64) *Zipf
pkg math/rand, func NormFloat64() float64