### High availability

A stand-alone MinIO server would go down if the server hosting the drives goes offline. In contrast, a distributed MinIO setup with _m_ servers and _n_ drives will have your data safe as long as _m/2_ servers or _m*n_/2 or more drives are online.

     *
     * @param <K> the key type of {@link ConcurrentSkipListMap}
     * @param <V> the value type of {@link ConcurrentSkipListMap}
     * @param c the comparator for sorting the map
     * @return a new instance of {@link ConcurrentSkipListMap}
     * @see ConcurrentSkipListMap#ConcurrentSkipListMap(Comparator)
     */

	return getFileInfoVersions(e.metadata, bucket, e.name, true)
}

// metaCacheEntries is a slice of metacache entries.
type metaCacheEntries []metaCacheEntry

// less function for sorting.
func (m metaCacheEntries) less(i, j int) bool {
	return m[i].name < m[j].name
}

// sort entries by name.
// m is sorted and a sorted metadata object is returned.

          return rest[index - 2];
      }
    }

    @GwtIncompatible @J2ktIncompatible private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
  }

  /**
   * Returns every possible list that can be formed by choosing one element from each of the given
   * lists in order; the "n-ary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_product">Cartesian
   * product</a>" of the lists. For example:
   *
   * {@snippet :

   * addition, the cause of any {@code ExecutionException} is wrapped in order to ensure that the
   * new stack trace matches that of the current thread.
   *
   * <p>Instances of {@code exceptionClass} are created by choosing an arbitrary public constructor
   * that accepts zero or more arguments, all of type {@code String} or {@code Throwable}
   * (preferring constructors with at least one {@code String}, then preferring constructors with at

        DataStoreFactory testFactory = new DataStoreFactory() {
            @Override
            protected List<String> loadDataStoreNameList() {
                // Return unsorted list to test sorting
                return List.of("Zebra", "Apple", "Banana").stream().sorted().collect(java.util.stream.Collectors.toList());
            }
        };

        List<String> names = testFactory.loadDataStoreNameList();

                    totalRequests, totalChannelsCreated);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Cleanup and shutdown the multi-channel manager.
     */
    public void shutdown() {
        log.info("Shutting down MultiChannelManager");

        // Close all channels
        for (String sessionId : new ArrayList<>(sessionChannels.keySet())) {
            removeChannels(sessionId);
        }

            writer.write(content);
            writer.flush();
        } finally {
            CloseableUtil.closeQuietly(writer);
        }
    }

    // Helper method to assert arrays are equal (handles sorting)
    private void assertArrayEquals(String[] expected, String[] actual) {
        java.util.Arrays.sort(expected);
        java.util.Arrays.sort(actual);
        assertEquals(expected.length, actual.length);

	return setCounts
}

// getSetIndexes returns list of indexes which provides the set size
// on each index, this function also determines the final set size
// The final set size has the affinity towards choosing smaller
// indexes (total sets)
func getSetIndexes(args []string, totalSizes []uint64, setDriveCount uint64, argPatterns []ellipses.ArgPattern) (setIndexes [][]uint64, err error) {
	if len(totalSizes) == 0 || len(args) == 0 {

 * k). In benchmarks, this implementation performs at least as well as either implementation, and
 * degrades more gracefully for worst-case input.
 *
 * <p>The implementation does not necessarily use a <i>stable</i> sorting algorithm; when multiple
 * equivalent elements are added to it, it is undefined which will come first in the output.
 *
 * @author Louis Wasserman
 */
@GwtCompatible
final class TopKSelector<