// Pre-emptively check if one of the formatted disks
	// is invalid. This function returns success for the
	// most part unless one of the formats is not consistent
	// with expected Erasure format. For example if a user is
	// trying to pool FS backend into an Erasure set.
	if err = checkFormatErasureValues(formatConfigs, storageDisks, setDriveCount); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}

	UnknownSetupType SetupType = iota

	// FSSetupType - FS setup type enum.
	FSSetupType

	// ErasureSDSetupType - Erasure single drive setup enum.
	ErasureSDSetupType

	// ErasureSetupType - Erasure setup type enum.
	ErasureSetupType

	// DistErasureSetupType - Distributed Erasure setup type enum.
	DistErasureSetupType
)

func (setupType SetupType) String() string {
	switch setupType {
	case FSSetupType:

## Explore Further

- [MinIO Erasure Code QuickStart Guide](https://docs.min.io/community/minio-object-store/operations/concepts/erasure-coding.html)
- [Kubernetes Documentation](https://kubernetes.io/docs/home/)

// prepareAdminErasureTestBed - helper function that setups a single-node
// Erasure backend for admin-handler tests.
func prepareAdminErasureTestBed(ctx context.Context) (*adminErasureTestBed, error) {
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)

	// reset global variables to start afresh.
	resetTestGlobals()

	// Set globalIsErasure to indicate that the setup uses an erasure
	// code backend.
	globalIsErasure = true

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			}
		}
	}
	// Benchmark ends here. Stop timer.
	b.StopTimer()
}

// creates Erasure/FS backend setup, obtains the object layer and calls the runPutObjectPartBenchmark function.
func benchmarkPutObjectPart(b *testing.B, instanceType string, objSize int) {
	// create a temp Erasure/FS backend.
	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(b.Context())
	defer cancel()

...
...
```

Instance is now accessible on the host at port 9000, proceed to access the Web browser at <http://127.0.0.1:9000/>

## Explore Further

- [MinIO Erasure Code Overview](https://docs.min.io/community/minio-object-store/operations/concepts/erasure-coding.html)
- [Use `mc` with MinIO Server](https://docs.min.io/community/minio-object-store/reference/minio-mc.html)

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	ErasureSDStr string = "ErasureSD"

	// ErasureTestStr is the string which is used as notation for Erasure ObjectLayer in the unit tests.
	ErasureTestStr string = "Erasure"

	// ErasureSetsTestStr is the string which is used as notation for Erasure sets object layer in the unit tests.
	ErasureSetsTestStr string = "ErasureSet"
)

const letterBytes = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz01234569"