diff --git a/erasure-createfile.go b/erasure-createfile.go
index 789fb3fc2..3ecabc134 100644
--- a/erasure-createfile.go
+++ b/erasure-createfile.go
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ import (
 // erasureCreateFile - writes an entire stream by erasure coding to
 // all the disks, writes also calculate individual block's checksum
 // for future bit-rot protection.
-func erasureCreateFile(disks []StorageAPI, volume, path string, reader io.Reader, blockSize int64, dataBlocks int, parityBlocks int, writeQuorum int) (bytesWritten int64, checkSums []string, err error) {
+func erasureCreateFile(disks []StorageAPI, volume, path string, reader io.Reader, blockSize int64, dataBlocks int, parityBlocks int, algo string, writeQuorum int) (bytesWritten int64, checkSums []string, err error) {
 	// Allocated blockSized buffer for reading.
 	buf := make([]byte, blockSize)
 
-	hashWriters := newHashWriters(len(disks))
+	hashWriters := newHashWriters(len(disks), algo)
 
 	// Read until io.EOF, erasure codes data and writes to all disks.
 	for {
diff --git a/erasure-createfile_test.go b/erasure-createfile_test.go
index 3797c577b..2feff420e 100644
--- a/erasure-createfile_test.go
+++ b/erasure-createfile_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"crypto/rand"
-	"github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/klauspost/reedsolomon"
 )
 
 // Simulates a faulty disk for AppendFile()
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ func TestErasureCreateFile(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	// Test when all disks are up.
-	size, _, err := erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject1", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, dataBlocks+1)
+	size, _, err := erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject1", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, bitRotAlgo, dataBlocks+1)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ func TestErasureCreateFile(t *testing.T) {
 	disks[5] = AppendDiskDown{disks[5].(*posix)}
 
 	// Test when two disks are down.
-	size, _, err = erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject2", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, dataBlocks+1)
+	size, _, err = erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject2", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, bitRotAlgo, dataBlocks+1)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@ func TestErasureCreateFile(t *testing.T) {
 	disks[8] = AppendDiskDown{disks[8].(*posix)}
 	disks[9] = AppendDiskDown{disks[9].(*posix)}
 
-	size, _, err = erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject3", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, dataBlocks+1)
+	size, _, err = erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject3", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, bitRotAlgo, dataBlocks+1)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -91,9 +92,9 @@ func TestErasureCreateFile(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// 1 more disk down. 7 disk down in total. Should return quorum error.
 	disks[10] = AppendDiskDown{disks[10].(*posix)}
-	size, _, err = erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject4", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, dataBlocks+1)
+	size, _, err = erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject4", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, bitRotAlgo, dataBlocks+1)
 	if err != errXLWriteQuorum {
-		t.Error("Expected errXLWriteQuorum error")
+		t.Errorf("erasureCreateFile returned expected errXLWriteQuorum error, got %s", err)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/erasure-readfile.go b/erasure-readfile.go
index ef0507794..5c044f491 100644
--- a/erasure-readfile.go
+++ b/erasure-readfile.go
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ func parallelRead(volume, path string, readDisks []StorageAPI, orderedDisks []St
 // are decoded into a data block. Data block is trimmed for given offset and length,
 // then written to given writer. This function also supports bit-rot detection by
 // verifying checksum of individual block's checksum.
-func erasureReadFile(writer io.Writer, disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path string, offset int64, length int64, totalLength int64, blockSize int64, dataBlocks int, parityBlocks int, checkSums []string, pool *bpool.BytePool) (int64, error) {
+func erasureReadFile(writer io.Writer, disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path string, offset int64, length int64, totalLength int64, blockSize int64, dataBlocks int, parityBlocks int, checkSums []string, algo string, pool *bpool.BytePool) (int64, error) {
 	// Offset and length cannot be negative.
 	if offset < 0 || length < 0 {
 		return 0, errUnexpected
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func erasureReadFile(writer io.Writer, disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path s
 				return true
 			}
 			// Is this a valid block?
-			isValid := isValidBlock(disks[diskIndex], volume, path, checkSums[diskIndex])
+			isValid := isValidBlock(disks[diskIndex], volume, path, checkSums[diskIndex], algo)
 			verified[diskIndex] = isValid
 			return isValid
 		}
@@ -300,31 +300,25 @@ func erasureReadFile(writer io.Writer, disks []StorageAPI, volume string, path s
 	return bytesWritten, nil
 }
 
-// PartObjectChecksum - returns the checksum for the part name from the checksum slice.
-func (e erasureInfo) PartObjectChecksum(partName string) checkSumInfo {
-	for _, checksum := range e.Checksum {
-		if checksum.Name == partName {
-			return checksum
-		}
-	}
-	return checkSumInfo{}
-}
-
 // isValidBlock - calculates the checksum hash for the block and
 // validates if its correct returns true for valid cases, false otherwise.
-func isValidBlock(disk StorageAPI, volume, path string, checksum string) (ok bool) {
+func isValidBlock(disk StorageAPI, volume, path, checkSum, checkSumAlgo string) (ok bool) {
 	// Disk is not available, not a valid block.
 	if disk == nil {
 		return false
 	}
+	// Checksum not available, not a valid block.
+	if checkSum == "" {
+		return false
+	}
 	// Read everything for a given block and calculate hash.
-	hashWriter := newHash("blake2b")
+	hashWriter := newHash(checkSumAlgo)
 	hashBytes, err := hashSum(disk, volume, path, hashWriter)
 	if err != nil {
 		errorIf(err, "Unable to calculate checksum %s/%s", volume, path)
 		return false
 	}
-	return hex.EncodeToString(hashBytes) == checksum
+	return hex.EncodeToString(hashBytes) == checkSum
 }
 
 // decodeData - decode encoded blocks.
diff --git a/erasure-readfile_test.go b/erasure-readfile_test.go
index 662972e12..994c2798e 100644
--- a/erasure-readfile_test.go
+++ b/erasure-readfile_test.go
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func TestErasureReadFileDiskFail(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Create a test file to read from.
-	size, checkSums, err := erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, dataBlocks+1)
+	size, checkSums, err := erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, bitRotAlgo, dataBlocks+1)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func TestErasureReadFileDiskFail(t *testing.T) {
 	pool := bpool.NewBytePool(chunkSize, len(disks))
 
 	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	size, err = erasureReadFile(buf, disks, "testbucket", "testobject", 0, length, length, blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, checkSums, pool)
+	size, err = erasureReadFile(buf, disks, "testbucket", "testobject", 0, length, length, blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, checkSums, bitRotAlgo, pool)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ func TestErasureReadFileDiskFail(t *testing.T) {
 	disks[5] = ReadDiskDown{disks[5].(*posix)}
 
 	buf.Reset()
-	size, err = erasureReadFile(buf, disks, "testbucket", "testobject", 0, length, length, blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, checkSums, pool)
+	size, err = erasureReadFile(buf, disks, "testbucket", "testobject", 0, length, length, blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, checkSums, bitRotAlgo, pool)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func TestErasureReadFileDiskFail(t *testing.T) {
 	disks[11] = ReadDiskDown{disks[11].(*posix)}
 
 	buf.Reset()
-	size, err = erasureReadFile(buf, disks, "testbucket", "testobject", 0, length, length, blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, checkSums, pool)
+	size, err = erasureReadFile(buf, disks, "testbucket", "testobject", 0, length, length, blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, checkSums, bitRotAlgo, pool)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ func TestErasureReadFileDiskFail(t *testing.T) {
 	// 1 more disk down. 7 disks down in total. Read should fail.
 	disks[12] = ReadDiskDown{disks[12].(*posix)}
 	buf.Reset()
-	size, err = erasureReadFile(buf, disks, "testbucket", "testobject", 0, length, length, blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, checkSums, pool)
+	size, err = erasureReadFile(buf, disks, "testbucket", "testobject", 0, length, length, blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, checkSums, bitRotAlgo, pool)
 	if err != errXLReadQuorum {
 		t.Fatal("expected errXLReadQuorum error")
 	}
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ func TestErasureReadFileOffsetLength(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Create a test file to read from.
-	size, checkSums, err := erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, dataBlocks+1)
+	size, checkSums, err := erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, bitRotAlgo, dataBlocks+1)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ func TestErasureReadFileOffsetLength(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, testCase := range testCases {
 		expected := data[testCase.offset:(testCase.offset + testCase.length)]
 		buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
-		size, err = erasureReadFile(buf, disks, "testbucket", "testobject", testCase.offset, testCase.length, length, blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, checkSums, pool)
+		size, err = erasureReadFile(buf, disks, "testbucket", "testobject", testCase.offset, testCase.length, length, blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, checkSums, bitRotAlgo, pool)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
 			continue
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ func TestErasureReadFileRandomOffsetLength(t *testing.T) {
 	iterations := 10000
 
 	// Create a test file to read from.
-	size, checkSums, err := erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, dataBlocks+1)
+	size, checkSums, err := erasureCreateFile(disks, "testbucket", "testobject", bytes.NewReader(data), blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, bitRotAlgo, dataBlocks+1)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ func TestErasureReadFileRandomOffsetLength(t *testing.T) {
 
 		expected := data[offset : offset+readLen]
 
-		size, err = erasureReadFile(buf, disks, "testbucket", "testobject", offset, readLen, length, blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, checkSums, pool)
+		size, err = erasureReadFile(buf, disks, "testbucket", "testobject", offset, readLen, length, blockSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks, checkSums, bitRotAlgo, pool)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err, offset, readLen)
 		}
diff --git a/erasure-utils.go b/erasure-utils.go
index 79ae84cf3..6ca6a8bdd 100644
--- a/erasure-utils.go
+++ b/erasure-utils.go
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 // newHashWriters - inititialize a slice of hashes for the disk count.
-func newHashWriters(diskCount int) []hash.Hash {
+func newHashWriters(diskCount int, algo string) []hash.Hash {
 	hashWriters := make([]hash.Hash, diskCount)
 	for index := range hashWriters {
-		hashWriters[index] = newHash("blake2b")
+		hashWriters[index] = newHash(algo)
 	}
 	return hashWriters
 }
diff --git a/erasure-utils_test.go b/erasure-utils_test.go
index f275fa63e..af2153488 100644
--- a/erasure-utils_test.go
+++ b/erasure-utils_test.go
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ import (
 // Test validates the number hash writers returned.
 func TestNewHashWriters(t *testing.T) {
 	diskNum := 8
-	hashWriters := newHashWriters(diskNum)
-
+	hashWriters := newHashWriters(diskNum, bitRotAlgo)
 	if len(hashWriters) != diskNum {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %d hashWriters, but instead got %d", diskNum, len(hashWriters))
 	}
diff --git a/object-api-putobject_test.go b/object-api-putobject_test.go
index 6a1a25a28..694338063 100644
--- a/object-api-putobject_test.go
+++ b/object-api-putobject_test.go
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ func testObjectAPIPutObjectDiskNotFOund(obj ObjectLayer, instanceType string, di
 	}
 
 	// Take 8 disks down, one more we loose quorum on 16 disk node.
-	for _, disk := range disks[:8] {
+	for _, disk := range disks[:7] {
 		removeAll(disk)
 	}
 
diff --git a/xl-v1-metadata.go b/xl-v1-metadata.go
index 7e71d1788..29caf4230 100644
--- a/xl-v1-metadata.go
+++ b/xl-v1-metadata.go
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ type checkSumInfo struct {
 	Hash      string `json:"hash"`
 }
 
+// Constant indicates current bit-rot algo used when creating objects.
+const (
+	bitRotAlgo = "blake2b"
+)
+
 // erasureInfo - carries erasure coding related information, block
 // distribution and checksums.
 type erasureInfo struct {
@@ -64,6 +69,28 @@ type erasureInfo struct {
 	Checksum     []checkSumInfo `json:"checksum,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// AddCheckSum - add checksum of a part.
+func (e *erasureInfo) AddCheckSumInfo(ckSumInfo checkSumInfo) {
+	for i, sum := range e.Checksum {
+		if sum.Name == ckSumInfo.Name {
+			e.Checksum[i] = ckSumInfo
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	e.Checksum = append(e.Checksum, ckSumInfo)
+}
+
+// GetCheckSumInfo - get checksum of a part.
+func (e erasureInfo) GetCheckSumInfo(partName string) (ckSum checkSumInfo, err error) {
+	// Return the checksum.
+	for _, sum := range e.Checksum {
+		if sum.Name == partName {
+			return sum, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return checkSumInfo{}, errUnexpected
+}
+
 // statInfo - carries stat information of the object.
 type statInfo struct {
 	Size    int64     `json:"size"`    // Size of the object `xl.json`.
@@ -144,27 +171,6 @@ func (m *xlMetaV1) AddObjectPart(partNumber int, partName string, partETag strin
 	sort.Sort(byObjectPartNumber(m.Parts))
 }
 
-// AddCheckSum - add checksum of a part.
-func (m *xlMetaV1) AddCheckSum(partName, algorithm, checkSum string) {
-	for i, sum := range m.Erasure.Checksum {
-		if sum.Name == partName {
-			m.Erasure.Checksum[i] = checkSumInfo{partName, "blake2b", checkSum}
-			return
-		}
-	}
-	m.Erasure.Checksum = append(m.Erasure.Checksum, checkSumInfo{partName, "blake2b", checkSum})
-}
-
-// GetCheckSum - get checksum of a part.
-func (m xlMetaV1) GetCheckSum(partName string) (checkSum, algorithm string, err error) {
-	for _, sum := range m.Erasure.Checksum {
-		if sum.Name == partName {
-			return sum.Hash, sum.Algorithm, nil
-		}
-	}
-	return "", "", errUnexpected
-}
-
 // ObjectToPartOffset - translate offset of an object to offset of its individual part.
 func (m xlMetaV1) ObjectToPartOffset(offset int64) (partIndex int, partOffset int64, err error) {
 	if offset == 0 {
diff --git a/xl-v1-multipart.go b/xl-v1-multipart.go
index d29938061..baa844260 100644
--- a/xl-v1-multipart.go
+++ b/xl-v1-multipart.go
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) PutObjectPart(bucket, object, uploadID string, partID int, s
 	teeReader := io.TeeReader(data, md5Writer)
 
 	// Erasure code data and write across all disks.
-	sizeWritten, checkSums, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tmpPartPath, teeReader, xlMeta.Erasure.BlockSize, xl.dataBlocks, xl.parityBlocks, xl.writeQuorum)
+	sizeWritten, checkSums, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tmpPartPath, teeReader, xlMeta.Erasure.BlockSize, xl.dataBlocks, xl.parityBlocks, bitRotAlgo, xl.writeQuorum)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
 	}
@@ -459,7 +459,11 @@ func (xl xlObjects) PutObjectPart(bucket, object, uploadID string, partID int, s
 			continue
 		}
 		partsMetadata[index].Parts = xlMeta.Parts
-		partsMetadata[index].AddCheckSum(partSuffix, "blake2b", checkSums[index])
+		partsMetadata[index].Erasure.AddCheckSumInfo(checkSumInfo{
+			Name:      partSuffix,
+			Hash:      checkSums[index],
+			Algorithm: bitRotAlgo,
+		})
 	}
 
 	// Write all the checksum metadata.
diff --git a/xl-v1-object.go b/xl-v1-object.go
index 00c90959b..fa831ca4e 100644
--- a/xl-v1-object.go
+++ b/xl-v1-object.go
@@ -175,24 +175,33 @@ func (xl xlObjects) GetObject(bucket, object string, startOffset int64, length i
 
 		// Get the checksums of the current part.
 		checkSums := make([]string, len(onlineDisks))
+		var ckSumAlgo string
 		for index, disk := range onlineDisks {
 			// Disk is not found skip the checksum.
 			if disk == nil {
 				checkSums[index] = ""
 				continue
 			}
-			checkSums[index], _, err = metaArr[index].GetCheckSum(partName)
+			ckSumInfo, err := metaArr[index].Erasure.GetCheckSumInfo(partName)
 			if err != nil { // FIXME - relook at returning error here.
 				return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
 			}
+			checkSums[index] = ckSumInfo.Hash
+			// Set checksum algo only once, while it is possible to have
+			// different algos per block because of our `xl.json`.
+			// It is not a requirement, set this only once for all the disks.
+			if ckSumAlgo != "" {
+				ckSumAlgo = ckSumInfo.Algorithm
+			}
 		}
 
-		// Start reading the part name.
-		n, err := erasureReadFile(mw, onlineDisks, bucket, pathJoin(object, partName), partOffset, readSize, partSize, xlMeta.Erasure.BlockSize, xlMeta.Erasure.DataBlocks, xlMeta.Erasure.ParityBlocks, checkSums, pool)
+		// Start erasure decoding and writing to the client.
+		n, err := erasureReadFile(mw, onlineDisks, bucket, pathJoin(object, partName), partOffset, readSize, partSize, xlMeta.Erasure.BlockSize, xlMeta.Erasure.DataBlocks, xlMeta.Erasure.ParityBlocks, checkSums, ckSumAlgo, pool)
 		if err != nil {
 			return toObjectErr(err, bucket, object)
 		}
 
+		// Track total bytes read from disk and written to the client.
 		totalBytesRead += n
 
 		// partOffset will be valid only for the first part, hence reset it to 0 for
@@ -413,7 +422,7 @@ func (xl xlObjects) PutObject(bucket string, object string, size int64, data io.
 	onlineDisks := getOrderedDisks(xlMeta.Erasure.Distribution, xl.storageDisks)
 
 	// Erasure code data and write across all disks.
-	sizeWritten, checkSums, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tempErasureObj, teeReader, xlMeta.Erasure.BlockSize, xlMeta.Erasure.DataBlocks, xlMeta.Erasure.ParityBlocks, xl.writeQuorum)
+	sizeWritten, checkSums, err := erasureCreateFile(onlineDisks, minioMetaBucket, tempErasureObj, teeReader, xlMeta.Erasure.BlockSize, xlMeta.Erasure.DataBlocks, xlMeta.Erasure.ParityBlocks, bitRotAlgo, xl.writeQuorum)
 	if err != nil {
 		// Create file failed, delete temporary object.
 		xl.deleteObject(minioMetaTmpBucket, tempObj)
@@ -508,7 +517,11 @@ func (xl xlObjects) PutObject(bucket string, object string, size int64, data io.
 	// Update `xl.json` content on each disks.
 	for index := range partsMetadata {
 		partsMetadata[index] = xlMeta
-		partsMetadata[index].AddCheckSum("part.1", "blake2b", checkSums[index])
+		partsMetadata[index].Erasure.AddCheckSumInfo(checkSumInfo{
+			Name:      "part.1",
+			Hash:      checkSums[index],
+			Algorithm: bitRotAlgo,
+		})
 	}
 
 	// Write unique `xl.json` for each disk.
diff --git a/xl-v1.go b/xl-v1.go
index 745c280d9..b130f7124 100644
--- a/xl-v1.go
+++ b/xl-v1.go
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func newXLObjects(disks, ignoredDisks []string) (ObjectLayer, error) {
 	// Figure out read and write quorum based on number of storage disks.
 	// READ and WRITE quorum is always set to (N/2) number of disks.
 	xl.readQuorum = len(xl.storageDisks) / 2
-	xl.writeQuorum = len(xl.storageDisks) / 2
+	xl.writeQuorum = len(xl.storageDisks)/2 + 1
 
 	// Return successfully initialized object layer.
 	return xl, nil