diff --git a/docs/orchestration/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml b/docs/orchestration/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
index 0bb364eb5..1fb31f209 100644
--- a/docs/orchestration/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docs/orchestration/docker-compose/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ services:
   minio1:
     image: minio/minio:RELEASE.2019-08-29T00-25-01Z
     volumes:
-      - data1:/data
+      - data1-1:/data1
+      - data1-2:/data2
     ports:
       - "9001:9000"
     environment:
       MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: minio
       MINIO_SECRET_KEY: minio123
-    command: server http://minio1/data http://minio2/data http://minio3/data http://minio4/data 
+    command: server http://minio{1...4}/data{1...2}
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://minio1:9000/minio/health/live"]
       interval: 1m30s
@@ -24,13 +25,14 @@ services:
   minio2:
     image: minio/minio:RELEASE.2019-08-29T00-25-01Z
     volumes:
-      - data2:/data
+      - data2-1:/data1
+      - data2-2:/data2
     ports:
       - "9002:9000"
     environment:
       MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: minio
       MINIO_SECRET_KEY: minio123
-    command: server http://minio1/data http://minio2/data http://minio3/data http://minio4/data 
+    command: server http://minio{1...4}/data{1...2}
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://minio2:9000/minio/health/live"]
       interval: 1m30s
@@ -41,13 +43,14 @@ services:
   minio3:
     image: minio/minio:RELEASE.2019-08-29T00-25-01Z
     volumes:
-      - data3:/data
+      - data3-1:/data1
+      - data3-2:/data2
     ports:
       - "9003:9000"
     environment:
       MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: minio
       MINIO_SECRET_KEY: minio123
-    command: server http://minio1/data http://minio2/data http://minio3/data http://minio4/data 
+    command: server http://minio{1...4}/data{1...2}
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://minio3:9000/minio/health/live"]
       interval: 1m30s
@@ -58,13 +61,14 @@ services:
   minio4:
     image: minio/minio:RELEASE.2019-08-29T00-25-01Z
     volumes:
-      - data4:/data
+      - data4-1:/data1
+      - data4-2:/data2
     ports:
       - "9004:9000"
     environment:
       MINIO_ACCESS_KEY: minio
       MINIO_SECRET_KEY: minio123
-    command: server http://minio1/data http://minio2/data http://minio3/data http://minio4/data 
+    command: server http://minio{1...4}/data{1...2}
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://minio4:9000/minio/health/live"]
       interval: 1m30s
@@ -75,8 +79,12 @@ services:
 ## By default this config uses default local driver,
 ## For custom volumes replace with volume driver configuration.
 volumes:
-  data1:
-  data2:
-  data3:
-  data4:
+  data1-1:
+  data1-2:
+  data2-1:
+  data2-2:
+  data3-1:
+  data3-2:
+  data4-1:
+  data4-2:
 
diff --git a/docs/orchestration/docker-swarm/docker-compose.yaml b/docs/orchestration/docker-swarm/docker-compose.yaml
index 4de3044d4..adf3ec13c 100644
--- a/docs/orchestration/docker-swarm/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docs/orchestration/docker-swarm/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ services:
       placement:
         constraints:
           - node.labels.minio1==true
-    command: server http://minio1/export http://minio2/export http://minio3/export http://minio4/export
+    command: server http://minio{1...4}/export
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://minio1:9000/minio/health/live"]
       interval: 1m30s
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ services:
       placement:
         constraints:
           - node.labels.minio2==true
-    command: server http://minio1/export http://minio2/export http://minio3/export http://minio4/export
+    command: server http://minio{1...4}/export
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://minio2:9000/minio/health/live"]
       interval: 1m30s
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ services:
       placement:
         constraints:
           - node.labels.minio3==true
-    command: server http://minio1/export http://minio2/export http://minio3/export http://minio4/export
+    command: server http://minio{1...4}/export
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://minio3:9000/minio/health/live"]
       interval: 1m30s
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ services:
       placement:
         constraints:
           - node.labels.minio4==true
-    command: server http://minio1/export http://minio2/export http://minio3/export http://minio4/export
+    command: server http://minio{1...4}/export
     healthcheck:
       test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://minio4:9000/minio/health/live"]
       interval: 1m30s
diff --git a/docs/orchestration/kubernetes/README.md b/docs/orchestration/kubernetes/README.md
index 1b398ee9a..c02844101 100644
--- a/docs/orchestration/kubernetes/README.md
+++ b/docs/orchestration/kubernetes/README.md
@@ -207,10 +207,7 @@ Specifically the hostpath:
 
 And the list of hosts:
 ```yaml
-        - http://hostname1:9000/data/minio
-        - http://hostname2:9000/data/minio
-        - http://hostname3:9000/data/minio
-        - http://hostname4:9000/data/minio
+        - http://hostname{1...4}/data/minio
 ```
 
 Once deployed, tag the defined host with the `minio-server=true` label:
diff --git a/docs/orchestration/kubernetes/minio-distributed-daemonset.yaml b/docs/orchestration/kubernetes/minio-distributed-daemonset.yaml
index d07b98e35..63ffe8cd8 100644
--- a/docs/orchestration/kubernetes/minio-distributed-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/docs/orchestration/kubernetes/minio-distributed-daemonset.yaml
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ spec:
         # Unfortunately you must manually define each server. Perhaps autodiscovery via DNS can be implemented in the future.
         args:
         - server
-        - http://hostname1:9000/data/minio
-        - http://hostname2:9000/data/minio
-        - http://hostname3:9000/data/minio
-        - http://hostname4:9000/data/minio
+        - http://hostname{1...4}/data/minio
         ports:
         - containerPort: 9000
         volumeMounts:
diff --git a/docs/orchestration/kubernetes/minio-distributed-statefulset.yaml b/docs/orchestration/kubernetes/minio-distributed-statefulset.yaml
index 41566be54..3d1c0b402 100644
--- a/docs/orchestration/kubernetes/minio-distributed-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/docs/orchestration/kubernetes/minio-distributed-statefulset.yaml
@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ spec:
         image: minio/minio:RELEASE.2019-08-29T00-25-01Z
         args:
         - server
-        - http://minio-0.minio.default.svc.cluster.local/data
-        - http://minio-1.minio.default.svc.cluster.local/data
-        - http://minio-2.minio.default.svc.cluster.local/data
-        - http://minio-3.minio.default.svc.cluster.local/data
+        - http://minio-{0...3}.minio.default.svc.cluster.local/data
         ports:
         - containerPort: 9000
         # These volume mounts are persistent. Each pod in the PetSet