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 {

	groupNano := group.Nanoseconds()
	// Ignore the uuid sentinel and count the rest.
	for _, t := range times {
		if t.Equal(timeSentinel) || t.IsZero() {
			continue
		}
		nano := t.UnixNano()
		if group > 0 {
			for k := range timeOccurrenceMap {
				if k == nano {
					// We add to ourself later
					continue
				}
				diff := k - nano
				if diff < 0 {
					diff = -diff
				}

	}
	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 := time.Duration(r.Float64() * float64(time.Second*10))

									assignment := clause.Assignment{Column: clause.Column{Name: field.DBName}, Value: curTime}
									switch field.AutoUpdateTime {
									case schema.UnixNanosecond:
										assignment.Value = curTime.UnixNano()
									case schema.UnixMillisecond:
										assignment.Value = curTime.UnixMilli()
									case schema.UnixSecond:
										assignment.Value = curTime.Unix()
									}

		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

			uploadIDPath := pathJoin(shaDir, uploadIDDir)
			var modTime time.Time
			// Upload IDs are of the form base64_url(<UUID>x<UnixNano>), we can extract the time from the UUID.
			if b64, err := base64.RawURLEncoding.DecodeString(uploadIDDir); err == nil {
				if split := strings.Split(string(b64), "x"); len(split) == 2 {

			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
	}

	}
}

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.

					}

					// Expire 50%
					expired := time.Now().Add(-time.Hour * 2)
					for _, v := range l.lockMap {
						for i := range v {
							if rng.Intn(2) == 0 {
								v[i].TimeLastRefresh = expired.UnixNano()
							}
						}
					}
					start = time.Now()
					l.expireOldLocks(time.Hour)
					t.Logf("Expire 50%% took: %v. Left: %d/%d", time.Since(start).Round(time.Millisecond), len(l.lockUID), len(l.lockMap))

// 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))]