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# Distributed Server Design Guide [![Slack](https://slack.min.io/slack?type=svg)](https://slack.min.io)

This document explains the design, architecture and advanced use cases of the MinIO distributed server.

## Command-line

```
NAME:
  minio server - start object storage server

USAGE:
  minio server [FLAGS] DIR1 [DIR2..]
  minio server [FLAGS] DIR{1...64}
  minio server [FLAGS] DIR{1...64} DIR{65...128}

DIR:

// pod.  For more details, see
// https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/runtime-class/
message RuntimeClass {
  // More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#metadata
  // +optional
  optional k8s.io.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta metadata = 1;

  // handler specifies the underlying runtime and configuration that the CRI

              of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest
              internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources'
            type: string
          kind:
            description: 'Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this

  // Standard list metadata.
  // More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds
  // +optional
  optional ListMeta metadata = 1;

  // Status of the operation.
  // One of: "Success" or "Failure".
  // More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status
  // +optional
  optional string status = 2;

  // Standard object's metadata.
  // More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#metadata
  // +optional
  optional k8s.io.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta metadata = 1;

  // Specification of the desired behavior of the carp.
  // More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status
  // +optional
  optional CarpSpec spec = 2;

// integer value. The value can be any valid integer.
message PriorityClass {
  // Standard object's metadata.
  // More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#metadata
  // +optional
  optional k8s.io.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta metadata = 1;

  // value represents the integer value of this priority class. This is the actual priority that pods

  // Standard object's metadata.
  // More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#metadata
  // +optional
  optional k8s.io.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta metadata = 1;

  // The desired behavior of this daemon set.
  // More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status
  // +optional
  optional DaemonSetSpec spec = 2;

  // an alphanumeric character ([a-z0-9A-Z]) with dashes (-), dots (.), and
  // alphanumerics between.
  // More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#metadata
  optional k8s.io.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta metadata = 1;

  // spec represents the specification of the CSI Driver.
  optional CSIDriverSpec spec = 2;
}

// integer value. The value can be any valid integer.
message PriorityClass {
  // Standard object's metadata.
  // More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#metadata
  // +optional
  optional k8s.io.apimachinery.pkg.apis.meta.v1.ObjectMeta metadata = 1;

  // value represents the integer value of this priority class. This is the actual priority that pods