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#### Operation

"Operation" here refers to one of the HTTP "methods".

One of:

* `POST`
* `GET`
* `PUT`
* `DELETE`

...and the more exotic ones:

* `OPTIONS`
* `HEAD`
* `PATCH`
* `TRACE`

In the HTTP protocol, you can communicate to each path using one (or more) of these "methods".

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			b := disk.AlignedBlock(SmallBlock)
			return &b
		},
	}
)

// WriteOnCloser implements io.WriteCloser and always
// executes at least one write operation if it is closed.
//
// This can be useful within the context of HTTP. At least
// one write operation must happen to send the HTTP headers
// to the peer.
type WriteOnCloser struct {
	io.Writer
	hasWritten bool
}

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  // Returns the operation's device name.
  //
  // The value returned may be different from the one set by SetDeviceName, but
  // it will be compatible with it: the name will be updated by device placement
  // logic to refer to the specific device chosen.
  //
  // Example: If one calls `op->SetDeviceName("/device:GPU")`, the value
  // returned by DeviceName should be "/device:GPU:*" until a particular GPU is

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unlike RAID or replication. For example, RAID6 can protect against two drive failure whereas in MinIO erasure code you can lose as many as half of drives and still the data remains safe. Further, MinIO's erasure code is at the object level and can heal one object at a time. For RAID, healing can be done only at the volume level which translates into high downtime. As MinIO encodes each object individually, it can heal objects incrementally. Storage servers once deployed should not require drive replacement...