return madmin.ReplicateAddStatus{}, errSRInvalidRequest(fmt.Errorf("all existing replicated sites must be specified - missing %s", strings.Join(diffSlc, " ")))
		}
	}

	// validate that all clusters are using the same IDP settings.
	err = c.validateIDPSettings(ctx, sites)
	if err != nil {
		return madmin.ReplicateAddStatus{}, err
	}

	// For this `add` API, either all clusters must be empty or the local

	shardSize := int64(1024 * 1024)
	shard := make([]byte, shardSize)
	w := newStreamingBitrotWriter(storage, "", volName, fileName, size, algo, shardSize)
	reader := bytes.NewReader(data)
	for {
		// Using io.Copy instead of this loop will not work for us as io.Copy
		// will use bytes.Reader.WriteTo() which will not do shardSize'ed writes
		// causing error.
		n, err := reader.Read(shard)
		w.Write(shard[:n])

	if !disk.ODirectPlatform {
		return errUnsupportedDisk
	}

	// We know XFS already supports O_DIRECT no need to check.
	if fsType == "XFS" {
		return nil
	}

	// For all other FS pay the price of not using our recommended filesystem.

	// Check if backend is writable and supports O_DIRECT
	uuid := mustGetUUID()
	filePath := pathJoin(s.drivePath, minioMetaTmpDeletedBucket, ".writable-check-"+uuid+".tmp")