// sleep for some time and try again.
			duration := time.Duration(r.Float64() * float64(time.Hour))
			if duration < time.Second {
				// Make sure to sleep at least a second to avoid high CPU ticks.
				duration = time.Second
			}
			time.Sleep(duration)
		}
	}()
}

func licenceUpdaterLoop(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer) {
	ctx, cancel := globalLeaderLock.GetLock(ctx)
	defer cancel()

				}
			}
		}()
	}

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

	// Calculate the waitInterval between periodic refreshes so that each server
	// independently picks a (uniformly distributed) random time in an interval
	// of size = baseInterval.
	//
	// For example:
	//
	//    - if baseInterval=10s, then 5s <= waitInterval() < 15s
	//

}

// randomly picks a character and returns its equivalent byte array.
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.

	# /tmp/xxx/mnt/disk4 will be the same as '/' and it
	# will be detected as root disk
	while [ "$u" != "0" ]; do
		sudo umount ${WORK_DIR}/mnt/disk4/
		u=$?
		sleep 1
	done

	# Wait until MinIO self heal kicks in
	sleep 60

	if [ -f ${WORK_DIR}/mnt/disk4/.minio.sys/format.json ]; then
		echo "A root disk is formatted unexpectedely"
		cat "${WORK_DIR}/server4.log"
		exit -1
	fi
}

function cleanup() {

ILM tiering takes place when a object placed in the bucket meets lifecycle transition rules and becomes eligible for tiering. MinIO scanner (which runs at one minute intervals, each time scanning one sixteenth of the namespace), picks up the object for tiering. The data is moved to the remote tier in entirety, leaving only the object metadata on MinIO.

			candidate.IsLatest = succModTime.IsZero()
		}
		return candidate, nil
	}
	return FileInfo{}, InsufficientReadQuorum{Err: errErasureReadQuorum, Type: RQInconsistentMeta}
}

// pickValidFileInfo - picks one valid FileInfo content and returns from a
// slice of FileInfo.
func pickValidFileInfo(ctx context.Context, metaArr []FileInfo, modTime time.Time, etag string, quorum int) (FileInfo, error) {

			<-ctx.Done()
			return
		}
		duration := time.Duration(r.Float64() * float64(time.Minute))
		if duration < time.Second {
			// Make sure to sleep at least a second to avoid high CPU ticks.
			duration = time.Second
		}
		time.Sleep(duration)
	}
}

// Loads bucket replication resync statuses into memory.

		duration := time.Duration(r.Float64() * float64(time.Minute))
		if duration < time.Second {
			// Make sure to sleep at least a second to avoid high CPU ticks.
			duration = time.Second
		}
		time.Sleep(duration)
	}
	c.RLock()
	defer c.RUnlock()
	if c.enabled {
		logger.Info("Cluster replication initialized")
	}
	return nil
}

			// sleep for some time and try again.
			duration := time.Duration(r.Float64() * float64(globalCallhomeConfig.FrequencyDur()))
			if duration < time.Second {
				// Make sure to sleep at least a second to avoid high CPU ticks.
				duration = time.Second
			}
			time.Sleep(duration)
		}
	}()
}

func runCallhome(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer) bool {
	// Make sure only 1 callhome is running on the cluster.

// that have not been refreshed for some time.
func lockMaintenance(ctx context.Context) {
	if !globalIsDistErasure {
		return
	}

	// Initialize a new ticker with 1 minute between each ticks.
	lkTimer := time.NewTimer(lockMaintenanceInterval)
	// Stop the timer upon returning.
	defer lkTimer.Stop()

	for {
		// Verifies every minute for locks held more than 2 minutes.
		select {