// Otherwise same set of buckets get scanned across erasure sets always.
	// at any given point in time. This allows different buckets to be scanned
	// in different order per erasure set, this wider spread is needed when
	// there are lots of buckets with different order of objects in them.
	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
	permutes := r.Perm(len(buckets))
	// Add new buckets first

                ( ( inBytes[inOff + i * 4 + 1] & 0xff ) << 16 ) |
                ( ( inBytes[inOff + i * 4 + 2] & 0xff ) <<  8 ) |
                 ( inBytes[inOff + i * 4 + 3] & 0xff );
    }

    /// Spread ints into bytes.
    public static void spreadIntsToBytes( int[] inInts, int inOff, byte[] outBytes,
                                         int outOff, int intLen ) {

        for ( int i = 0; i < intLen; ++i ) {

- **Each object is written to a single EC set, and therefore is spread over no more than 16 drives.**
- **All the nodes running distributed MinIO setup are recommended to be homogeneous, i.e. same operating system, same number of drives and same network interconnects.**

    }

    char[] chars = string.toCharArray();
    int spread = 1;

    // This unusual loop comes from extensive benchmarking
    OUT:
    while (true) {
      pos++;
      while (true) {
        if (pos == chars.length) {
          break OUT;
        }
        if (matches(chars[pos])) {
          break;
        }
        chars[pos - spread] = chars[pos];
        pos++;
      }
      spread++;

- In this algorithm, we also make sure that we spread the drives out evenly. MinIO server expands ellipses passed as arguments. Here is a sample expansion to demonstrate the process.

```
minio server http://host{1...2}/export{1...8}
```

Expected expansion

```

  // cachingMode is the Host Caching mode: None, Read Only, Read Write.
  // +optional
  optional string cachingMode = 3;

  // fsType is Filesystem type to mount.
  // Must be a filesystem type supported by the host operating system.
  // Ex. "ext4", "xfs", "ntfs". Implicitly inferred to be "ext4" if unspecified.
  // +optional
  optional string fsType = 4;

  // readOnly Defaults to false (read/write). ReadOnly here will force

 *       the expected <i>twofold</i> increase to all collision rates. Informally, the "information"
 *       in the hash code should be as evenly "spread out" through the hash code's bits as possible.
 *       The result is that, for example, when choosing a bucket in a hash table of size 2^8,
 *       <i>any</i> eight bits could be consistently used.

 *       the expected <i>twofold</i> increase to all collision rates. Informally, the "information"
 *       in the hash code should be as evenly "spread out" through the hash code's bits as possible.
 *       The result is that, for example, when choosing a bucket in a hash table of size 2^8,
 *       <i>any</i> eight bits could be consistently used.

	// Figure out largest value of total_drives_in_erasure_set which results
	// in least number of total_drives/total_drives_erasure_set ratio.
	prevD := divisibleSize / setCounts[0]
	for _, cnt := range setCounts {
		if divisibleSize%cnt == 0 {
			d := divisibleSize / cnt
			if d <= prevD {
				prevD = d
				setSize = cnt
			}
		}
	}
	return setSize
}

// possibleSetCountsWithSymmetry returns symmetrical setCounts based on the

   *
   * <p>The returned {@code RateLimiter} ensures that on average no more than {@code
   * permitsPerSecond} are issued during any given second, with sustained requests being smoothly
   * spread over each second. When the incoming request rate exceeds {@code permitsPerSecond} the
   * rate limiter will release one permit every {@code (1.0 / permitsPerSecond)} seconds. When the