diff --git a/buildscripts/verify-healing.sh b/buildscripts/verify-healing.sh
index 6ede11d99..4a7be9e48 100755
--- a/buildscripts/verify-healing.sh
+++ b/buildscripts/verify-healing.sh
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function start_minio_3_node() {
 }
 
 function check_online() {
-	if grep -q 'Unable to initialize sub-systems' ${WORK_DIR}/dist-minio-*.log; then
+	if ! grep -q 'Status:' ${WORK_DIR}/dist-minio-*.log; then
 		echo "1"
 	fi
 }
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ function perform_test() {
 
 	rm -rf ${WORK_DIR}/${1}/*/
 
+	set -x
 	start_minio_3_node 120 $2
 
 	rv=$(check_online)
diff --git a/cmd/background-heal-ops.go b/cmd/background-heal-ops.go
index 5568d0b5d..f4affaed9 100644
--- a/cmd/background-heal-ops.go
+++ b/cmd/background-heal-ops.go
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ func waitForLowHTTPReq() {
 
 func initBackgroundHealing(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer) {
 	// Run the background healer
-	globalBackgroundHealRoutine = newHealRoutine()
 	for i := 0; i < globalBackgroundHealRoutine.workers; i++ {
 		go globalBackgroundHealRoutine.AddWorker(ctx, objAPI)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go b/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
index fba8c1799..a12641e90 100644
--- a/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
+++ b/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
@@ -376,26 +376,8 @@ func getLocalDisksToHeal() (disksToHeal Endpoints) {
 var newDiskHealingTimeout = newDynamicTimeout(30*time.Second, 10*time.Second)
 
 func healFreshDisk(ctx context.Context, z *erasureServerPools, endpoint Endpoint) error {
-	disk, format, _, err := connectEndpoint(endpoint)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error: %w, %s", err, endpoint)
-	}
-	defer disk.Close()
-	poolIdx := globalEndpoints.GetLocalPoolIdx(disk.Endpoint())
-	if poolIdx < 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected pool index (%d) found for %s", poolIdx, disk.Endpoint())
-	}
-
-	// Calculate the set index where the current endpoint belongs
-	z.serverPools[poolIdx].erasureDisksMu.RLock()
-	setIdx, _, err := findDiskIndex(z.serverPools[poolIdx].format, format)
-	z.serverPools[poolIdx].erasureDisksMu.RUnlock()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if setIdx < 0 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected set index (%d) found for  %s", setIdx, disk.Endpoint())
-	}
+	poolIdx, setIdx := endpoint.PoolIdx, endpoint.SetIdx
+	disk := getStorageViaEndpoint(endpoint)
 
 	// Prevent parallel erasure set healing
 	locker := z.NewNSLock(minioMetaBucket, fmt.Sprintf("new-drive-healing/%d/%d", poolIdx, setIdx))
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-lifecycle.go b/cmd/bucket-lifecycle.go
index f5270d380..2f4a50258 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-lifecycle.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-lifecycle.go
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ func (es *expiryState) enqueueByNewerNoncurrent(bucket string, versions []Object
 	}
 }
 
-var globalExpiryState *expiryState
+var globalExpiryState = newExpiryState()
 
 func newExpiryState() *expiryState {
 	return &expiryState{
@@ -155,8 +155,6 @@ func newExpiryState() *expiryState {
 }
 
 func initBackgroundExpiry(ctx context.Context, objectAPI ObjectLayer) {
-	globalExpiryState = newExpiryState()
-
 	workerSize, _ := strconv.Atoi(env.Get("_MINIO_ILM_EXPIRY_WORKERS", strconv.Itoa((runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0)+1)/2)))
 	if workerSize == 0 {
 		workerSize = 4
@@ -185,6 +183,7 @@ func initBackgroundExpiry(ctx context.Context, objectAPI ObjectLayer) {
 		}
 		ewk.Wait()
 	}()
+
 	go func() {
 		for t := range globalExpiryState.byNewerNoncurrentCh {
 			nwk.Take()
diff --git a/cmd/common-main.go b/cmd/common-main.go
index 32abee71b..7cda7b023 100644
--- a/cmd/common-main.go
+++ b/cmd/common-main.go
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ func init() {
 	logger.Init(GOPATH, GOROOT)
 	logger.RegisterError(config.FmtError)
 
-	initGlobalContext()
-
 	globalBatchJobsMetrics = batchJobMetrics{metrics: make(map[string]*batchJobInfo)}
 	go globalBatchJobsMetrics.purgeJobMetrics()
 
diff --git a/cmd/data-scanner.go b/cmd/data-scanner.go
index 86ed7e883..8ea6613e0 100644
--- a/cmd/data-scanner.go
+++ b/cmd/data-scanner.go
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ func (i *scannerItem) applyTierObjSweep(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, oi O
 
 // applyNewerNoncurrentVersionLimit removes noncurrent versions older than the most recent NewerNoncurrentVersions configured.
 // Note: This function doesn't update sizeSummary since it always removes versions that it doesn't return.
-func (i *scannerItem) applyNewerNoncurrentVersionLimit(ctx context.Context, _ ObjectLayer, fivs []FileInfo) ([]ObjectInfo, error) {
+func (i *scannerItem) applyNewerNoncurrentVersionLimit(ctx context.Context, _ ObjectLayer, fivs []FileInfo, expState *expiryState) ([]ObjectInfo, error) {
 	done := globalScannerMetrics.time(scannerMetricApplyNonCurrent)
 	defer done()
 
@@ -1087,14 +1087,14 @@ func (i *scannerItem) applyNewerNoncurrentVersionLimit(ctx context.Context, _ Ob
 		})
 	}
 
-	globalExpiryState.enqueueByNewerNoncurrent(i.bucket, toDel, event)
+	expState.enqueueByNewerNoncurrent(i.bucket, toDel, event)
 	return objectInfos, nil
 }
 
 // applyVersionActions will apply lifecycle checks on all versions of a scanned item. Returns versions that remain
 // after applying lifecycle checks configured.
-func (i *scannerItem) applyVersionActions(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, fivs []FileInfo) ([]ObjectInfo, error) {
-	objInfos, err := i.applyNewerNoncurrentVersionLimit(ctx, o, fivs)
+func (i *scannerItem) applyVersionActions(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, fivs []FileInfo, expState *expiryState) ([]ObjectInfo, error) {
+	objInfos, err := i.applyNewerNoncurrentVersionLimit(ctx, o, fivs, expState)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/data-scanner_test.go b/cmd/data-scanner_test.go
index 92b444313..464feb805 100644
--- a/cmd/data-scanner_test.go
+++ b/cmd/data-scanner_test.go
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ func TestApplyNewerNoncurrentVersionsLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	globalBucketMetadataSys = NewBucketMetadataSys()
 	globalBucketObjectLockSys = &BucketObjectLockSys{}
 	globalBucketVersioningSys = &BucketVersioningSys{}
-	globalExpiryState = newExpiryState()
+	expiryState := newExpiryState()
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
 	wg.Add(1)
 	expired := make([]ObjectToDelete, 0, 5)
 	go func() {
 		defer wg.Done()
-		for t := range globalExpiryState.byNewerNoncurrentCh {
+		for t := range expiryState.byNewerNoncurrentCh {
 			expired = append(expired, t.versions...)
 		}
 	}()
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func TestApplyNewerNoncurrentVersionsLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, fi := range fivs[:2] {
 		wants[i] = fi.ToObjectInfo(bucket, obj, versioned)
 	}
-	gots, err := item.applyNewerNoncurrentVersionLimit(context.TODO(), objAPI, fivs)
+	gots, err := item.applyNewerNoncurrentVersionLimit(context.TODO(), objAPI, fivs, expiryState)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed with err: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func TestApplyNewerNoncurrentVersionsLimit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Close expiry state's channel to inspect object versions enqueued for expiration
-	close(globalExpiryState.byNewerNoncurrentCh)
+	close(expiryState.byNewerNoncurrentCh)
 	wg.Wait()
 	for _, obj := range expired {
 		switch obj.ObjectV.VersionID {
diff --git a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
index 0e39b7854..2884a9e45 100644
--- a/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
+++ b/cmd/erasure-server-pool.go
@@ -175,8 +175,29 @@ func newErasureServerPools(ctx context.Context, endpointServerPools EndpointServ
 	z.poolMeta = newPoolMeta(z, poolMeta{})
 	z.poolMeta.dontSave = true
 
+	bootstrapTrace("newSharedLock", func() {
+		globalLeaderLock = newSharedLock(GlobalContext, z, "leader.lock")
+	})
+
+	// Enable background operations on
+	//
+	// - Disk auto healing
+	// - MRF (most recently failed) healing
+	// - Background expiration routine for lifecycle policies
+	bootstrapTrace("initAutoHeal", func() {
+		initAutoHeal(GlobalContext, z)
+	})
+
+	bootstrapTrace("initHealMRF", func() {
+		go globalMRFState.healRoutine(z)
+	})
+
+	bootstrapTrace("initBackgroundExpiry", func() {
+		initBackgroundExpiry(GlobalContext, z)
+	})
+
 	// initialize the object layer.
-	setObjectLayer(z)
+	defer setObjectLayer(z)
 
 	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UnixNano()))
 	attempt := 1
diff --git a/cmd/global-heal.go b/cmd/global-heal.go
index 47e7ab2e5..7d311244f 100644
--- a/cmd/global-heal.go
+++ b/cmd/global-heal.go
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, buckets []string,
 
 		disks, _ := er.getOnlineDisksWithHealing(false)
 		if len(disks) == 0 {
-			logger.LogIf(ctx, fmt.Errorf("no online disks found to heal the bucket `%s`", bucket))
+			// No object healing necessary
+			tracker.bucketDone(bucket)
+			logger.LogIf(ctx, tracker.update(ctx))
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -472,9 +474,7 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, buckets []string,
 
 func healBucket(bucket string, scan madmin.HealScanMode) error {
 	// Get background heal sequence to send elements to heal
-	globalHealStateLK.Lock()
 	bgSeq, ok := globalBackgroundHealState.getHealSequenceByToken(bgHealingUUID)
-	globalHealStateLK.Unlock()
 	if ok {
 		return bgSeq.queueHealTask(healSource{bucket: bucket}, madmin.HealItemBucket)
 	}
@@ -484,9 +484,7 @@ func healBucket(bucket string, scan madmin.HealScanMode) error {
 // healObject sends the given object/version to the background healing workers
 func healObject(bucket, object, versionID string, scan madmin.HealScanMode) error {
 	// Get background heal sequence to send elements to heal
-	globalHealStateLK.Lock()
 	bgSeq, ok := globalBackgroundHealState.getHealSequenceByToken(bgHealingUUID)
-	globalHealStateLK.Unlock()
 	if ok {
 		return bgSeq.queueHealTask(healSource{
 			bucket:    bucket,
diff --git a/cmd/globals.go b/cmd/globals.go
index 24734e7e6..bcd1e6b57 100644
--- a/cmd/globals.go
+++ b/cmd/globals.go
@@ -379,13 +379,15 @@ var (
 		return *ptr
 	}
 
-	globalAllHealState *allHealState
+	globalAllHealState = newHealState(GlobalContext, true)
 
 	// The always present healing routine ready to heal objects
-	globalBackgroundHealRoutine *healRoutine
-	globalBackgroundHealState   *allHealState
+	globalBackgroundHealRoutine = newHealRoutine()
+	globalBackgroundHealState   = newHealState(GlobalContext, false)
 
-	globalMRFState mrfState
+	globalMRFState = mrfState{
+		opCh: make(chan partialOperation, mrfOpsQueueSize),
+	}
 
 	// If writes to FS backend should be O_SYNC.
 	globalFSOSync bool
diff --git a/cmd/mrf.go b/cmd/mrf.go
index 7eccda884..bd82863e5 100644
--- a/cmd/mrf.go
+++ b/cmd/mrf.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
@@ -44,37 +43,15 @@ type partialOperation struct {
 // mrfState sncapsulates all the information
 // related to the global background MRF.
 type mrfState struct {
-	ctx   context.Context
-	pools *erasureServerPools
-
-	mu   sync.RWMutex
 	opCh chan partialOperation
 }
 
-// Initialize healing MRF subsystem
-func (m *mrfState) init(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer) {
-	m.mu.Lock()
-	defer m.mu.Unlock()
-
-	m.ctx = ctx
-	m.opCh = make(chan partialOperation, mrfOpsQueueSize)
-
-	var ok bool
-	m.pools, ok = objAPI.(*erasureServerPools)
-	if ok {
-		go m.healRoutine()
-	}
-}
-
 // Add a partial S3 operation (put/delete) when one or more disks are offline.
 func (m *mrfState) addPartialOp(op partialOperation) {
 	if m == nil {
 		return
 	}
 
-	m.mu.RLock()
-	defer m.mu.RUnlock()
-
 	select {
 	case m.opCh <- op:
 	default:
@@ -86,10 +63,10 @@ var healSleeper = newDynamicSleeper(5, time.Second, false)
 // healRoutine listens to new disks reconnection events and
 // issues healing requests for queued objects belonging to the
 // corresponding erasure set
-func (m *mrfState) healRoutine() {
+func (m *mrfState) healRoutine(z *erasureServerPools) {
 	for {
 		select {
-		case <-m.ctx.Done():
+		case <-GlobalContext.Done():
 			return
 		case u, ok := <-m.opCh:
 			if !ok {
@@ -115,7 +92,7 @@ func (m *mrfState) healRoutine() {
 				healBucket(u.bucket, scan)
 			} else {
 				if u.allVersions {
-					m.pools.serverPools[u.poolIndex].sets[u.setIndex].listAndHeal(u.bucket, u.object, u.scanMode, healObjectVersionsDisparity)
+					z.serverPools[u.poolIndex].sets[u.setIndex].listAndHeal(u.bucket, u.object, u.scanMode, healObjectVersionsDisparity)
 				} else {
 					healObject(u.bucket, u.object, u.versionID, scan)
 				}
@@ -125,8 +102,3 @@ func (m *mrfState) healRoutine() {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-// Initialize healing MRF
-func initHealMRF(ctx context.Context, obj ObjectLayer) {
-	globalMRFState.init(ctx, obj)
-}
diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index 9001dc02b..01e21cb0d 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -372,15 +371,7 @@ func serverHandleCmdArgs(ctxt serverCtxt) {
 	globalConnWriteDeadline = ctxt.ConnWriteDeadline
 }
 
-var globalHealStateLK sync.RWMutex
-
 func initAllSubsystems(ctx context.Context) {
-	globalHealStateLK.Lock()
-	// New global heal state
-	globalAllHealState = newHealState(ctx, true)
-	globalBackgroundHealState = newHealState(ctx, false)
-	globalHealStateLK.Unlock()
-
 	// Initialize notification peer targets
 	globalNotificationSys = NewNotificationSys(globalEndpoints)
 
@@ -814,27 +805,6 @@ func serverMain(ctx *cli.Context) {
 		globalNodeNamesHex[hex.EncodeToString(nodeNameSum[:])] = struct{}{}
 	}
 
-	bootstrapTrace("newSharedLock", func() {
-		globalLeaderLock = newSharedLock(GlobalContext, newObject, "leader.lock")
-	})
-
-	// Enable background operations on
-	//
-	// - Disk auto healing
-	// - MRF (most recently failed) healing
-	// - Background expiration routine for lifecycle policies
-	bootstrapTrace("initAutoHeal", func() {
-		initAutoHeal(GlobalContext, newObject)
-	})
-
-	bootstrapTrace("initHealMRF", func() {
-		initHealMRF(GlobalContext, newObject)
-	})
-
-	bootstrapTrace("initBackgroundExpiry", func() {
-		initBackgroundExpiry(GlobalContext, newObject)
-	})
-
 	var err error
 	bootstrapTrace("initServerConfig", func() {
 		if err = initServerConfig(GlobalContext, newObject); err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/service.go b/cmd/service.go
index ebe7394b5..5561cfc9f 100644
--- a/cmd/service.go
+++ b/cmd/service.go
@@ -40,18 +40,11 @@ const (
 )
 
 // Global service signal channel.
-var globalServiceSignalCh chan serviceSignal
+var globalServiceSignalCh = make(chan serviceSignal)
 
 // GlobalContext context that is canceled when server is requested to shut down.
-var GlobalContext context.Context
-
 // cancelGlobalContext can be used to indicate server shutdown.
-var cancelGlobalContext context.CancelFunc
-
-func initGlobalContext() {
-	GlobalContext, cancelGlobalContext = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	globalServiceSignalCh = make(chan serviceSignal)
-}
+var GlobalContext, cancelGlobalContext = context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
 // restartProcess starts a new process passing it the active fd's. It
 // doesn't fork, but starts a new process using the same environment and
diff --git a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
index 7f57074fe..cd4d3da5d 100644
--- a/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
+++ b/cmd/storage-rest-server.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var errDiskStale = errors.New("drive stale")
 
 // To abstract a disk over network.
 type storageRESTServer struct {
-	poolIndex, setIndex, diskIndex int
+	endpoint Endpoint
 }
 
 var (
@@ -74,10 +74,14 @@ var (
 	storageListDirRPC        = grid.NewStream[*grid.MSS, grid.NoPayload, *ListDirResult](grid.HandlerListDir, grid.NewMSS, nil, func() *ListDirResult { return &ListDirResult{} }).WithOutCapacity(1)
 )
 
-func (s *storageRESTServer) getStorage() StorageAPI {
+func getStorageViaEndpoint(endpoint Endpoint) StorageAPI {
 	globalLocalDrivesMu.RLock()
 	defer globalLocalDrivesMu.RUnlock()
-	return globalLocalSetDrives[s.poolIndex][s.setIndex][s.diskIndex]
+	return globalLocalSetDrives[endpoint.PoolIdx][endpoint.SetIdx][endpoint.DiskIdx]
+}
+
+func (s *storageRESTServer) getStorage() StorageAPI {
+	return getStorageViaEndpoint(s.endpoint)
 }
 
 func (s *storageRESTServer) writeErrorResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, err error) {
@@ -1287,9 +1291,7 @@ func registerStorageRESTHandlers(router *mux.Router, endpointServerPools Endpoin
 			}
 
 			server := &storageRESTServer{
-				poolIndex: endpoint.PoolIdx,
-				setIndex:  endpoint.SetIdx,
-				diskIndex: endpoint.DiskIdx,
+				endpoint: endpoint,
 			}
 
 			subrouter := router.PathPrefix(path.Join(storageRESTPrefix, endpoint.Path)).Subrouter()
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index b74de4328..c84437e38 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) NSScanner(ctx context.Context, cache dataUsageCache, updates
 		}
 
 		done := globalScannerMetrics.time(scannerMetricApplyAll)
-		objInfos, err := item.applyVersionActions(ctx, objAPI, fivs.Versions)
+		objInfos, err := item.applyVersionActions(ctx, objAPI, fivs.Versions, globalExpiryState)
 		done()
 
 		if err != nil {