fourNanoSecs := time.Unix(4, 0).UTC()
	modTimesThreeNone := make([]time.Time, 16)
	modTimesThreeFour := make([]time.Time, 16)
	for i := 0; i < 16; i++ {
		// Have 13 good xl.meta, 12 for default parity count = 4 (EC:4) and one
		// to be tampered with.
		if i > 12 {
			modTimesThreeFour[i] = fourNanoSecs
			modTimesThreeNone[i] = timeSentinel
			continue
		}
		modTimesThreeFour[i] = threeNanoSecs

	for i, eVer := range eVers.versions {
		oVer := oVers.versions[i]
		if eVer.header != oVer.header {
			if eVer.header.hasEC() != oVer.header.hasEC() {
				// One version has EC and the other doesn't - may have been written later.
				// Compare without considering EC.
				a, b := eVer.header, oVer.header
				a.EcN, a.EcM = 0, 0
				b.EcN, b.EcM = 0, 0
				if a == b {
					continue
				}
			}

-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY----- MHcCAQEEIBluB2BuspJc/ZwNmygNw06NbdTZDroAo AwEHoUQDQgAEQIWK0F2G+e4AaYcBT9aOUuwo8aBig 4rCvhUktmLZbVO3DOy+wHbiyG7hJxhx2EA== -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----...

		expectedError   error
	}{
		{
			"EC:3",
			StorageClass{
				Parity: 3,
			},
			nil,
		},
		{
			"EC:4",
			StorageClass{
				Parity: 4,
			},
			nil,
		},
		{
			"AB:4",
			StorageClass{
				Parity: 4,
			},
			errors.New("Unsupported scheme AB. Supported scheme is EC"),
		},
		{
			"EC:4:5",
			StorageClass{
				Parity: 4,
			},

ess_folders","value":"50000"},{"key":"delay","value":""},{"key":"max_wait","value":""},{"key":"cycle","value":""}]},"site":{"_":[{"key":"name","value":""},{"key":"region","value":""}]},"storage_class":{"_":[{"key":"standard","value":"EC:5"},{"key":"rrs","value":"EC:1"},{"key":"optimize","value":"availability"},{"key":"inline_block","value":""}]},"subnet":{"_":[{"key":"license","value":""},{"key":"api_key","value":""},{"key":"proxy","value":""}]}} multisitea/data/disterasure/xl11/.minio.sys/pool.bin/xl.meta...

-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY----- MHcCAQEEILFuMS2xvsc/CsuqtSv3S2iSCcc28rZs AwEHoUQDQgAEqJSlCOxV SSC/X3+aUQzflOkL8MJQ5lxKodW== -----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----...

		"Please check the value",
		`MINIO_STORAGE_CLASS_STANDARD: Format "EC:<Default_Parity_Standard_Class>" (e.g. "EC:3"). This sets the number of parity drives for MinIO server in Standard mode. Objects are stored in Standard mode, if storage class is not defined in Put request

	formatErasureVersionV2DistributionAlgoV1 = "CRCMOD"

	// Distributed algorithm used, with N/2 default parity
	formatErasureVersionV3DistributionAlgoV2 = "SIPMOD"

	// Distributed algorithm used, with EC:4 default parity
	formatErasureVersionV3DistributionAlgoV3 = "SIPMOD+PARITY"
)

// Offline disk UUID represents an offline disk.
const offlineDiskUUID = "ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff"

```sh
openssl ecparam -genkey -name prime256v1 | openssl ec -out private.key
```

A response similar to this one should be displayed:

```
read EC key
writing EC key
```

Alternatively, use the following command to generate a private ECDSA key protected by a password:

```sh
openssl ecparam -genkey -name prime256v1 | openssl ec -aes256 -out private.key -passout pass:PASSWORD
```

- **MinIO chooses the largest EC set size which divides into the total number of drives or total number of nodes given - making sure to keep the uniform distribution i.e each node participates equal number of drives per set**.
- **Each object is written to a single EC set, and therefore is spread over no more than 16 drives.**