diff --git a/cmd/erasure-common.go b/cmd/erasure-common.go
index 106e23068..aeba29c45 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-common.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-common.go
@@ -22,16 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 )
 
-func (er erasureObjects) getLocalDisks() (localDisks []StorageAPI) {
-	disks := er.getDisks()
-	for _, disk := range disks {
-		if disk != nil && disk.IsLocal() {
-			localDisks = append(localDisks, disk)
-		}
-	}
-	return localDisks
-}
-
 func (er erasureObjects) getLoadBalancedLocalDisks() (newDisks []StorageAPI) {
 	disks := er.getDisks()
 	// Based on the random shuffling return back randomized disks.
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-healing.go b/cmd/erasure-healing.go
index b85a20877..60a71927e 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-healing.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-healing.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) HealBucket(ctx context.Context, bucket string, opts mad
 }
 
 // Heal bucket - create buckets on disks where it does not exist.
-func healBucket(ctx context.Context, storageDisks []StorageAPI, storageEndpoints []string, bucket string, writeQuorum int,
+func healBucket(ctx context.Context, storageDisks []StorageAPI, storageEndpoints []Endpoint, bucket string, writeQuorum int,
 	opts madmin.HealOpts) (res madmin.HealResultItem, err error) {
 
 	// Initialize sync waitgroup.
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ func healBucket(ctx context.Context, storageDisks []StorageAPI, storageEndpoints
 	for i := range beforeState {
 		res.Before.Drives = append(res.Before.Drives, madmin.HealDriveInfo{
 			UUID:     "",
-			Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i],
+			Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i].String(),
 			State:    beforeState[i],
 		})
 	}
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func healBucket(ctx context.Context, storageDisks []StorageAPI, storageEndpoints
 		for i := range beforeState {
 			res.After.Drives = append(res.After.Drives, madmin.HealDriveInfo{
 				UUID:     "",
-				Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i],
+				Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i].String(),
 				State:    madmin.DriveStateOk,
 			})
 		}
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func healBucket(ctx context.Context, storageDisks []StorageAPI, storageEndpoints
 	for i := range afterState {
 		res.After.Drives = append(res.After.Drives, madmin.HealDriveInfo{
 			UUID:     "",
-			Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i],
+			Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i].String(),
 			State:    afterState[i],
 		})
 	}
@@ -345,24 +345,24 @@ func (er erasureObjects) healObject(ctx context.Context, bucket string, object s
 			disksToHealCount++
 			result.Before.Drives = append(result.Before.Drives, madmin.HealDriveInfo{
 				UUID:     "",
-				Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i],
+				Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i].String(),
 				State:    driveState,
 			})
 			result.After.Drives = append(result.After.Drives, madmin.HealDriveInfo{
 				UUID:     "",
-				Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i],
+				Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i].String(),
 				State:    driveState,
 			})
 			continue
 		}
 		result.Before.Drives = append(result.Before.Drives, madmin.HealDriveInfo{
 			UUID:     "",
-			Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i],
+			Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i].String(),
 			State:    driveState,
 		})
 		result.After.Drives = append(result.After.Drives, madmin.HealDriveInfo{
 			UUID:     "",
-			Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i],
+			Endpoint: storageEndpoints[i].String(),
 			State:    driveState,
 		})
 	}
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) healObjectDir(ctx context.Context, bucket, object strin
 
 	// Prepare object creation in all disks
 	for i, err := range errs {
-		drive := storageEndpoints[i]
+		drive := storageEndpoints[i].String()
 		switch err {
 		case nil:
 			hr.Before.Drives[i] = madmin.HealDriveInfo{Endpoint: drive, State: madmin.DriveStateOk}
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ func (er erasureObjects) healObjectDir(ctx context.Context, bucket, object strin
 
 // Populates default heal result item entries with possible values when we are returning prematurely.
 // This is to ensure that in any circumstance we are not returning empty arrays with wrong values.
-func (er erasureObjects) defaultHealResult(lfi FileInfo, storageDisks []StorageAPI, storageEndpoints []string, errs []error, bucket, object, versionID string) madmin.HealResultItem {
+func (er erasureObjects) defaultHealResult(lfi FileInfo, storageDisks []StorageAPI, storageEndpoints []Endpoint, errs []error, bucket, object, versionID string) madmin.HealResultItem {
 	// Initialize heal result object
 	result := madmin.HealResultItem{
 		Type:       madmin.HealItemObject,
@@ -673,12 +673,12 @@ func (er erasureObjects) defaultHealResult(lfi FileInfo, storageDisks []StorageA
 		if disk == nil {
 			result.Before.Drives = append(result.Before.Drives, madmin.HealDriveInfo{
 				UUID:     "",
-				Endpoint: storageEndpoints[index],
+				Endpoint: storageEndpoints[index].String(),
 				State:    madmin.DriveStateOffline,
 			})
 			result.After.Drives = append(result.After.Drives, madmin.HealDriveInfo{
 				UUID:     "",
-				Endpoint: storageEndpoints[index],
+				Endpoint: storageEndpoints[index].String(),
 				State:    madmin.DriveStateOffline,
 			})
 			continue
@@ -692,12 +692,12 @@ func (er erasureObjects) defaultHealResult(lfi FileInfo, storageDisks []StorageA
 		}
 		result.Before.Drives = append(result.Before.Drives, madmin.HealDriveInfo{
 			UUID:     "",
-			Endpoint: storageEndpoints[index],
+			Endpoint: storageEndpoints[index].String(),
 			State:    driveState,
 		})
 		result.After.Drives = append(result.After.Drives, madmin.HealDriveInfo{
 			UUID:     "",
-			Endpoint: storageEndpoints[index],
+			Endpoint: storageEndpoints[index].String(),
 			State:    driveState,
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-sets.go b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
index fe6a015d2..711b498be 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-sets.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-sets.go
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ func (s *erasureSets) connectDisks() {
 				s.erasureDisks[setIndex][diskIndex] = disk
 			}
 			disk.SetDiskLoc(s.poolIndex, setIndex, diskIndex)
-			s.endpointStrings[setIndex*s.setDriveCount+diskIndex] = disk.String()
 			setsJustConnected[setIndex] = true
 			s.erasureDisksMu.Unlock()
 		}(endpoint)
@@ -314,14 +313,14 @@ func (s *erasureSets) GetLockers(setIndex int) func() ([]dsync.NetLocker, string
 	}
 }
 
-func (s *erasureSets) GetEndpoints(setIndex int) func() []string {
-	return func() []string {
+func (s *erasureSets) GetEndpoints(setIndex int) func() []Endpoint {
+	return func() []Endpoint {
 		s.erasureDisksMu.RLock()
 		defer s.erasureDisksMu.RUnlock()
 
-		eps := make([]string, s.setDriveCount)
+		eps := make([]Endpoint, s.setDriveCount)
 		for i := 0; i < s.setDriveCount; i++ {
-			eps[i] = s.endpointStrings[setIndex*s.setDriveCount+i]
+			eps[i] = s.endpoints[setIndex*s.setDriveCount+i]
 		}
 		return eps
 	}
@@ -348,9 +347,6 @@ func newErasureSets(ctx context.Context, endpoints Endpoints, storageDisks []Sto
 	setDriveCount := len(format.Erasure.Sets[0])
 
 	endpointStrings := make([]string, len(endpoints))
-
-	// Fill endpointString with the same order of endpoints passed as
-	// arguments but it will be reordered later according to disks order
 	for i, endpoint := range endpoints {
 		endpointStrings[i] = endpoint.String()
 	}
@@ -422,6 +418,10 @@ func newErasureSets(ctx context.Context, endpoints Endpoints, storageDisks []Sto
 			if err != nil {
 				continue
 			}
+			if m != i || n != j {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("found a disk in an unexpected location, pool: %d, found (set=%d, disk=%d) expected (set=%d, disk=%d)",
+					poolIdx, m, n, i, j)
+			}
 			disk.SetDiskLoc(s.poolIndex, m, n)
 			s.endpointStrings[m*setDriveCount+n] = disk.String()
 			s.erasureDisks[m][n] = disk
@@ -531,10 +531,15 @@ func auditObjectErasureSet(ctx context.Context, object string, set *erasureObjec
 
 	object = decodeDirObject(object)
 
+	var disksEndpoints []string
+	for _, endpoint := range set.getEndpoints() {
+		disksEndpoints = append(disksEndpoints, endpoint.String())
+	}
+
 	op := auditObjectOp{
 		Pool:  set.poolIndex + 1,
 		Set:   set.setIndex + 1,
-		Disks: set.getEndpoints(),
+		Disks: disksEndpoints,
 	}
 
 	var objectErasureSetTag *auditObjectErasureMap
@@ -1306,7 +1311,6 @@ func (s *erasureSets) HealFormat(ctx context.Context, dryRun bool) (res madmin.H
 			if storageDisks[index] != nil {
 				storageDisks[index].SetDiskLoc(s.poolIndex, m, n)
 				s.erasureDisks[m][n] = storageDisks[index]
-				s.endpointStrings[m*s.setDriveCount+n] = storageDisks[index].String()
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/cmd/erasure.go b/cmd/erasure.go
index 645a5f672..88b58d693 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type erasureObjects struct {
 
 	// getEndpoints returns list of endpoint strings belonging this set.
 	// some may be local and some remote.
-	getEndpoints func() []string
+	getEndpoints func() []Endpoint
 
 	// Locker mutex map.
 	nsMutex *nsLockMap
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ func getOnlineOfflineDisksStats(disksInfo []madmin.Disk) (onlineDisks, offlineDi
 }
 
 // getDisksInfo - fetch disks info across all other storage API.
-func getDisksInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []string) (disksInfo []madmin.Disk, errs []error) {
+func getDisksInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []Endpoint) (disksInfo []madmin.Disk, errs []error) {
 	disksInfo = make([]madmin.Disk, len(disks))
 
 	g := errgroup.WithNErrs(len(disks))
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func getDisksInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []string) (disksInfo []madmin.Di
 				logger.LogIf(GlobalContext, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", errDiskNotFound, endpoints[index]))
 				disksInfo[index] = madmin.Disk{
 					State:    diskErrToDriveState(errDiskNotFound),
-					Endpoint: endpoints[index],
+					Endpoint: endpoints[index].String(),
 				}
 				// Storage disk is empty, perhaps ignored disk or not available.
 				return errDiskNotFound
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ func getDisksInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []string) (disksInfo []madmin.Di
 }
 
 // Get an aggregated storage info across all disks.
-func getStorageInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []string) (StorageInfo, []error) {
+func getStorageInfo(disks []StorageAPI, endpoints []Endpoint) (StorageInfo, []error) {
 	disksInfo, errs := getDisksInfo(disks, endpoints)
 
 	// Sort so that the first element is the smallest.
@@ -245,14 +245,20 @@ func (er erasureObjects) StorageInfo(ctx context.Context) (StorageInfo, []error)
 
 // LocalStorageInfo - returns underlying local storage statistics.
 func (er erasureObjects) LocalStorageInfo(ctx context.Context) (StorageInfo, []error) {
-	disks := er.getLocalDisks()
-	endpoints := make([]string, len(disks))
-	for i, disk := range disks {
-		if disk != nil {
-			endpoints[i] = disk.String()
+	disks := er.getDisks()
+	endpoints := er.getEndpoints()
+
+	var localDisks []StorageAPI
+	var localEndpoints []Endpoint
+
+	for i, endpoint := range endpoints {
+		if endpoint.IsLocal {
+			localDisks = append(localDisks, disks[i])
+			localEndpoints = append(localEndpoints, endpoint)
 		}
 	}
-	return getStorageInfo(disks, endpoints)
+
+	return getStorageInfo(localDisks, localEndpoints)
 }
 
 func (er erasureObjects) getOnlineDisksWithHealing() (newDisks []StorageAPI, healing bool) {