Mode    uint32    `json:"mode"`
}

// ErasureInfo holds erasure coding and bitrot related information.
type ErasureInfo struct {
	// Algorithm is the string representation of erasure-coding-algorithm
	Algorithm string `json:"algorithm"`
	// DataBlocks is the number of data blocks for erasure-coding
	DataBlocks int `json:"data"`
	// ParityBlocks is the number of parity blocks for erasure-coding
	ParityBlocks int `json:"parity"`

- Erasure coding used by MinIO is [Reed-Solomon](https://github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon) erasure coding scheme, which has a total shard maximum of 256 i.e 128 data and 128 parity. MinIO design goes beyond this limitation by doing some practical architecture choices.

require distributed deploying MinIO with Erasure Coding. For extended development and production, deploy MinIO with Erasure Coding enabled - specifically,
with a *minimum* of 4 drives per MinIO server. See [MinIO Erasure Code Overview](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/operations/concepts/erasure-coding.html)
for more complete documentation.

### Stable

		t.Fatal(err)
	}
	if formatV3.Erasure.This != m.Erasure.Disk {
		t.Fatalf("expected drive uuid: %s, got: %s", m.Erasure.Disk, formatV3.Erasure.This)
	}
	if len(formatV3.Erasure.Sets) != 1 {
		t.Fatalf("expected single set after migrating from v1 to v3, but found %d", len(formatV3.Erasure.Sets))
	}
	if !reflect.DeepEqual(formatV3.Erasure.Sets[0], m.Erasure.JBOD) {

| Erasure Set Size | Default Parity (EC:N) |
|------------------|-----------------------|
| 5 or fewer       |                 EC:2  |
| 6-7              |                 EC:3  |
| 8 or more        |                 EC:4  |

	if unMarshalXLMeta.Erasure.ParityBlocks != jsoniterXLMeta.Erasure.ParityBlocks {
		t.Errorf("Expected the erasure parity blocks to be %v, but got %v.", unMarshalXLMeta.Erasure.ParityBlocks, jsoniterXLMeta.Erasure.ParityBlocks)
	}
	if unMarshalXLMeta.Erasure.BlockSize != jsoniterXLMeta.Erasure.BlockSize {
		t.Errorf("Expected the erasure block size to be %v, but got %v.", unMarshalXLMeta.Erasure.BlockSize, jsoniterXLMeta.Erasure.BlockSize)
	}

	benchmarkPutObject(b, "Erasure", 10)
}

// BenchmarkPutObject10KbFS - Benchmark FS.PutObject() for object size of 10KB.
func BenchmarkPutObject10KbFS(b *testing.B) {
	benchmarkPutObject(b, "FS", 10*humanize.KiByte)
}

// BenchmarkPutObject10KbErasure - Benchmark Erasure.PutObject() for object size of 10KB.
func BenchmarkPutObject10KbErasure(b *testing.B) {
	benchmarkPutObject(b, "Erasure", 10*humanize.KiByte)
}

MinIO provides protection against multiple node/drive failures and [bit rot](https://github.com/minio/minio/blob/master/docs/erasure/README.md#what-is-bit-rot-protection) using [erasure code](https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/operations/concepts/erasure-coding.html). As the minimum drives required for distributed MinIO is 2 (same as minimum drives required for erasure coding), erasure code automatically kicks in as you launch distributed MinIO.

If one or more drives are offline at the start of...

	for i, test := range erasureEncodeDecodeTests {
		buffer := make([]byte, len(data), 2*len(data))
		copy(buffer, data)

		erasure, err := NewErasure(context.Background(), test.dataBlocks, test.parityBlocks, blockSizeV2)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("Test %d: failed to create erasure: %v", i, err)
		}
		encoded, err := erasure.EncodeData(context.Background(), buffer)
		if err != nil {
			t.Fatalf("Test %d: failed to encode data: %v", i, err)
		}

	)

	ErrInvalidErasureEndpoints = newErrFn(
		"Invalid endpoint(s) in erasure mode",
		"Please provide correct combination of local/remote paths",
		"For more information, please refer to https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/operations/concepts/erasure-coding.html",
	)

	ErrInvalidNumberOfErasureEndpoints = newErrFn(
		"Invalid total number of endpoints for erasure mode",
		"Please provide number of endpoints greater or equal to 2",