name: Feature request
description: File a proposal for new feature, improvement
labels: ["enhancement"]

body:
  - type: markdown
    attributes:
      value: |
        Thanks for taking the time to fill out this new feature, improvement proposal.

  - type: textarea
    id: message
    attributes:
      label: New feature, improvement proposal
    validations:

		errs, latestMeta, filterDisksByETag, bucket, object, scanMode)

	var erasure Erasure
	if !latestMeta.Deleted && !latestMeta.IsRemote() {
		// Initialize erasure coding
		erasure, err = NewErasure(ctx, latestMeta.Erasure.DataBlocks,
			latestMeta.Erasure.ParityBlocks, latestMeta.Erasure.BlockSize)
		if err != nil {
			return result, err
		}
	}

### Bug or Regression

	fi.DataDir = mustGetUUID()

	// Initialize erasure metadata.
	for index := range partsMetadata {
		partsMetadata[index] = fi
	}

	// Order disks according to erasure distribution
	var onlineDisks []StorageAPI
	onlineDisks, partsMetadata = shuffleDisksAndPartsMetadata(storageDisks, partsMetadata, fi)

	erasure, err := NewErasure(ctx, fi.Erasure.DataBlocks, fi.Erasure.ParityBlocks, fi.Erasure.BlockSize)
	if err != nil {

	case size >= fi.Erasure.BlockSize || size == -1:
		if int64(globalBytePoolCap.Load().Width()) < fi.Erasure.BlockSize {
			buffer = make([]byte, fi.Erasure.BlockSize, 2*fi.Erasure.BlockSize)
		} else {
			buffer = globalBytePoolCap.Load().Get()
			defer globalBytePoolCap.Load().Put(buffer)
		}
	case size < fi.Erasure.BlockSize:
		// No need to allocate fully fi.Erasure.BlockSize buffer if the incoming data is smaller.

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	if fi.IsLatest {
		rs.NumObjects++
	}

	rs.NumVersions++
	onDiskSz := int64(0)
	if !fi.Deleted {
		onDiskSz = fi.Size * int64(fi.Erasure.DataBlocks+fi.Erasure.ParityBlocks) / int64(fi.Erasure.DataBlocks)
	}
	rs.Bytes += uint64(onDiskSz)
	rs.Bucket = bucket
	rs.Object = fi.Name
}

type rstats []*rebalanceStats

	formatV2.Format = formatBackendErasure
	formatV2.Erasure.Version = formatErasureVersionV2
	formatV2.Erasure.DistributionAlgo = formatErasureVersionV2DistributionAlgoV1
	formatV2.Erasure.This = formatV1.Erasure.Disk
	formatV2.Erasure.Sets = make([][]string, 1)
	formatV2.Erasure.Sets[0] = make([]string, len(formatV1.Erasure.JBOD))
	copy(formatV2.Erasure.Sets[0], formatV1.Erasure.JBOD)

	return json.Marshal(formatV2)
}

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		return 0, 0, err
	}

	if format.Erasure.This == offlineDiskUUID {
		return -1, -1, fmt.Errorf("DriveID: %s is offline", format.Erasure.This)
	}

	for i := range len(refFormat.Erasure.Sets) {
		for j := 0; j < len(refFormat.Erasure.Sets[0]); j++ {
			if refFormat.Erasure.Sets[i][j] == format.Erasure.This {
				return i, j, nil
			}
		}
	}