// For tiered objects, read quorum is N/2+1 to ensure simple majority on xl.meta.
			// It is not equal to EcM because the data integrity is entrusted with the warm tier.
			// However, we never go below EcM, in case of a EcM=EcN setup.
			parities[index] = max(totalShards-(totalShards/2+1), metadata.Erasure.ParityBlocks)
		} else {
			parities[index] = metadata.Erasure.ParityBlocks
		}
	}
	return parities

Other notable changes include:
* CoreDNS replaces kube-dns as the default DNS provider

    /** Gets the weak value reference held by entry. */
    WeakValueReference<K, V, E> getValueReference();
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // impl never uses a parameter or returns any non-null value
  static <K, V, E extends InternalEntry<K, V, E>>
      WeakValueReference<K, V, E> unsetWeakValueReference() {
    return (WeakValueReference<K, V, E>) UNSET_WEAK_VALUE_REFERENCE;

          return invokeGeneratorMethod(emptyGenerate);
        } else {
          // Cannot use empty generator. Proceed with other generators.
        }
      } else {
        // never generated empty instance for this type before.
        Object emptyInstance = invokeGeneratorMethod(emptyGenerate);
        emptyInstanceGenerated.put(type.getType(), freshness.get());
        return emptyInstance;
      }

	case "t", "true", "1":
		val = true
	case "f", "false", "0":
		val = false
	default:
		ok = false
	}
	return val, ok
}

// bytesToString - never fails, but returns empty string if value is not bytes.
func (v Value) bytesToString() string {
	bytes, _ := v.ToBytes()
	return string(bytes)
}

// Calculates minimum or maximum of v and a and assigns the result to

 *       must also be contained. More formally, for any {@code c1 <= c2 <= c3} of type {@code C},
 *       {@code r.contains(c1) && r.contains(c3)} implies {@code r.contains(c2)}). This means that a
 *       {@code Range<Integer>} can never be used to represent, say, "all <i>prime</i> numbers from
 *       1 to 100."
 *   <li>When evaluated as a {@link Predicate}, a range yields the same result as invoking {@link
 *       #contains}.

					ModTime:   baseTime.Add(60 * time.Minute).UnixNano(),
					Signature: [4]byte{5, 1, 1, 1},
					Type:      ObjectType,
					Flags:     0,
				}},
			},
		},
		// Zero version, modtime newer..
		6: {
			versions: []xlMetaV2ShallowVersion{
				{header: xlMetaV2VersionHeader{
					VersionID: [16]byte{},
					ModTime:   baseTime.Add(90 * time.Minute).UnixNano(),
					Signature: [4]byte{6, 1, 1, 1},

		// - this change attempts to avoid stale information if the underlying
		// transport is already down.
		return "", errDiskNotFound
	}

	// This call should never be over the network, this is always
	// a cached value - caller should make sure to use this
	// function on a fresh disk or make sure to look at the error
	// from a different networked call to validate the GetDiskID()

				gridLogIf(ctx, err) // Fake it... Though this should never fail.
				atomic.StoreInt64(&c.LastPong, time.Now().UnixNano())
				continue
			}
			toSend, err = pingFrame.MarshalMsg(GetByteBuffer()[:0])
			if err != nil {
				gridLogIf(ctx, err) // Fake it... Though this should never fail.
				atomic.StoreInt64(&c.LastPong, time.Now().UnixNano())
				continue
			}

		OutCapacity int
	}

	// StreamHandlerFn must process a request with an optional initial payload.
	// It must keep consuming from 'in' until it returns.
	// 'in' and 'out' are independent.
	// The handler should never close out.
	// Buffers received from 'in'  can be recycled with PutByteBuffer.
	// Buffers sent on out can not be referenced once sent.