func getRandomByte() []byte {
	const letterBytes = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
	// seeding the random number generator.
	rand.Seed(UTCNow().UnixNano())
	// pick a character randomly.
	return []byte{letterBytes[rand.Intn(len(letterBytes))]}
}

// picks a random byte and repeats it to size bytes.
func generateBytesData(size int) []byte {

		return
	}

	globalTrace.Publish(info)
}

func initServerConfig(ctx context.Context, newObject ObjectLayer) error {
	t1 := time.Now()

	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))

	for {
		select {
		case <-ctx.Done():
			// Retry was canceled successfully.
			return fmt.Errorf("Initializing sub-systems stopped gracefully %w", ctx.Err())
		default:
		}

	}
	go s.save(ctx)
	go s.init(ctx)
	return &s
}

// init site resync metrics
func (sm *siteResyncMetrics) init(ctx context.Context) {
	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
	// Run the site resync metrics load in a loop
	for {
		if err := sm.load(ctx, newObjectLayerFn()); err == nil {
			<-ctx.Done()
			return
		}
		duration := max(time.Duration(r.Float64()*float64(time.Second*10)),

		retryAttempts = batchKeyRotateJobDefaultRetries
	}
	delay := job.KeyRotate.Flags.Retry.Delay
	if delay <= 0 {
		delay = batchKeyRotateJobDefaultRetryDelay
	}

	rnd := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))

	selectObj := func(info FileInfo) (ok bool) {
		if r.Flags.Filter.OlderThan > 0 && time.Since(info.ModTime) < r.Flags.Filter.OlderThan {
			// skip all objects that are newer than specified older duration

	}
}

func (config *TierConfigMgr) refreshTierConfig(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer) {
	const tierCfgRefresh = 15 * time.Minute
	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
	randInterval := func() time.Duration {
		return time.Duration(r.Float64() * 5 * float64(time.Second))
	}

	// To avoid all MinIO nodes reading the tier config object at the same
	// time.

			logKind = ek
		}
	}

	req := GetReqInfo(ctx)
	if req == nil {
		req = &ReqInfo{
			API:       "SYSTEM",
			RequestID: fmt.Sprintf("%X", time.Now().UTC().UnixNano()),
		}
	}
	req.RLock()
	defer req.RUnlock()

	API := "SYSTEM"
	switch {
	case req.API != "":
		API = req.API
	case subsystem != "":
		API += "." + subsystem
	}

	if err != nil {
		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if n != length {
		t.Errorf("erasureCreateFile returned %d, expected %d", n, length)
	}

	// To generate random offset/length.
	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(UTCNow().UnixNano()))

	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}

	// Verify erasure.Decode() for random offsets and lengths.
	for range iterations {
		offset := r.Int63n(length)
		readLen := r.Int63n(length - offset)

// returns an online host (and corresponding port) from a slice of DNS records
func getHostFromSrv(records []dns.SrvRecord) (host string) {
	hosts := getHostsSlice(records)
	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))]

			VersionID: uv,
			ModTime:   fi.ModTime.UnixNano(),
			MetaSys:   make(map[string][]byte),
		}
	} else {
		ventry.Type = ObjectType
		ventry.ObjectV2 = &xlMetaV2Object{
			VersionID:          uv,
			DataDir:            dd,
			Size:               fi.Size,
			ModTime:            fi.ModTime.UnixNano(),
			ErasureAlgorithm:   ReedSolomon,

	loadDuration := time.Since(loadStartTime)

	atomic.StoreUint64(&sys.LastRefreshDurationMilliseconds, uint64(loadDuration.Milliseconds()))
	atomic.StoreUint64(&sys.LastRefreshTimeUnixNano, uint64(loadStartTime.Add(loadDuration).UnixNano()))
	atomic.AddUint64(&sys.TotalRefreshSuccesses, 1)

	if !globalSiteReplicatorCred.IsValid() {
		sa, _, err := sys.getServiceAccount(ctx, siteReplicatorSvcAcc)
		if err == nil {