diff --git a/cmd/admin-heal-ops.go b/cmd/admin-heal-ops.go
index 5273af4e7..2fc939034 100644
--- a/cmd/admin-heal-ops.go
+++ b/cmd/admin-heal-ops.go
@@ -396,9 +396,6 @@ type healSequence struct {
 	// bucket, and object on which heal seq. was initiated
 	bucket, object string
 
-	// A channel of entities (format, buckets, objects) to heal
-	sourceCh chan healSource
-
 	// A channel of entities with heal result
 	respCh chan healResult
 
@@ -648,11 +645,7 @@ func (h *healSequence) healSequenceStart(objAPI ObjectLayer) {
 	h.currentStatus.StartTime = UTCNow()
 	h.mutex.Unlock()
 
-	if h.sourceCh == nil {
-		go h.traverseAndHeal(objAPI)
-	} else {
-		go h.healFromSourceCh()
-	}
+	go h.traverseAndHeal(objAPI)
 
 	select {
 	case err, ok := <-h.traverseAndHealDoneCh:
@@ -696,10 +689,6 @@ func (h *healSequence) logHeal(healType madmin.HealItemType) {
 }
 
 func (h *healSequence) queueHealTask(source healSource, healType madmin.HealItemType) error {
-	globalHealConfigMu.Lock()
-	opts := globalHealConfig
-	globalHealConfigMu.Unlock()
-
 	// Send heal request
 	task := healTask{
 		bucket:     source.bucket,
@@ -711,9 +700,7 @@ func (h *healSequence) queueHealTask(source healSource, healType madmin.HealItem
 	if source.opts != nil {
 		task.opts = *source.opts
 	}
-	if opts.Bitrot {
-		task.opts.ScanMode = madmin.HealDeepScan
-	}
+	task.opts.ScanMode = globalHealConfig.ScanMode()
 
 	h.mutex.Lock()
 	h.scannedItemsMap[healType]++
@@ -773,48 +760,6 @@ func (h *healSequence) queueHealTask(source healSource, healType madmin.HealItem
 	}
 }
 
-func (h *healSequence) healItemsFromSourceCh() error {
-	for {
-		select {
-		case source, ok := <-h.sourceCh:
-			if !ok {
-				return nil
-			}
-
-			var itemType madmin.HealItemType
-			switch source.bucket {
-			case nopHeal:
-				continue
-			case SlashSeparator:
-				itemType = madmin.HealItemMetadata
-			default:
-				if source.object == "" {
-					itemType = madmin.HealItemBucket
-				} else {
-					itemType = madmin.HealItemObject
-				}
-			}
-
-			if err := h.queueHealTask(source, itemType); err != nil {
-				switch err.(type) {
-				case ObjectExistsAsDirectory:
-				case ObjectNotFound:
-				case VersionNotFound:
-				default:
-					logger.LogIf(h.ctx, fmt.Errorf("Heal attempt failed for %s: %w",
-						pathJoin(source.bucket, source.object), err))
-				}
-			}
-		case <-h.ctx.Done():
-			return nil
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func (h *healSequence) healFromSourceCh() {
-	h.healItemsFromSourceCh()
-}
-
 func (h *healSequence) healDiskMeta(objAPI ObjectLayer) error {
 	// Start healing the config prefix.
 	return h.healMinioSysMeta(objAPI, minioConfigPrefix)()
diff --git a/cmd/background-heal-ops.go b/cmd/background-heal-ops.go
index 07d7d69c3..559c55c81 100644
--- a/cmd/background-heal-ops.go
+++ b/cmd/background-heal-ops.go
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go"
-	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/logger"
 )
 
 // healTask represents what to heal along with options
@@ -52,51 +50,22 @@ type healRoutine struct {
 
 // Add a new task in the tasks queue
 func (h *healRoutine) queueHealTask(task healTask) {
-	select {
-	case h.tasks <- task:
-	default:
-	}
+	h.tasks <- task
+}
+
+func systemIO() int {
+	// Bucket notification and http trace are not costly, it is okay to ignore them
+	// while counting the number of concurrent connections
+	return int(globalHTTPListen.NumSubscribers()) + int(globalTrace.NumSubscribers())
 }
 
 func waitForLowHTTPReq() {
-	globalHealConfigMu.Lock()
-	maxIO, maxWait := globalHealConfig.IOCount, globalHealConfig.Sleep
-	globalHealConfigMu.Unlock()
-
-	// No need to wait run at full speed.
-	if maxIO <= 0 {
-		return
-	}
-
-	// At max 10 attempts to wait with 100 millisecond interval before proceeding
-	waitTick := 100 * time.Millisecond
-
-	// Bucket notification and http trace are not costly, it is okay to ignore them
-	// while counting the number of concurrent connections
-	maxIOFn := func() int {
-		return maxIO + int(globalHTTPListen.NumSubscribers()) + int(globalTrace.NumSubscribers())
-	}
-
-	tmpMaxWait := maxWait
+	var currentIO func() int
 	if httpServer := newHTTPServerFn(); httpServer != nil {
-		// Any requests in progress, delay the heal.
-		for httpServer.GetRequestCount() >= maxIOFn() {
-			if tmpMaxWait > 0 {
-				if tmpMaxWait < waitTick {
-					time.Sleep(tmpMaxWait)
-				} else {
-					time.Sleep(waitTick)
-				}
-				tmpMaxWait = tmpMaxWait - waitTick
-			}
-			if tmpMaxWait <= 0 {
-				if intDataUpdateTracker.debug {
-					logger.Info("waitForLowHTTPReq: waited max %s, resuming", maxWait)
-				}
-				break
-			}
-		}
+		currentIO = httpServer.GetRequestCount
 	}
+
+	globalHealConfig.Wait(currentIO, systemIO)
 }
 
 // Wait for heal requests and process them
@@ -123,10 +92,7 @@ func (h *healRoutine) run(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer) {
 				}
 			}
 
-			select {
-			case task.responseCh <- healResult{result: res, err: err}:
-			default:
-			}
+			task.responseCh <- healResult{result: res, err: err}
 
 		case <-h.doneCh:
 			return
@@ -138,7 +104,7 @@ func (h *healRoutine) run(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer) {
 
 func newHealRoutine() *healRoutine {
 	return &healRoutine{
-		tasks:  make(chan healTask, 50000),
+		tasks:  make(chan healTask),
 		doneCh: make(chan struct{}),
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go b/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
index 946310afc..2044df5df 100644
--- a/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
+++ b/cmd/background-newdisks-heal-ops.go
@@ -337,10 +337,10 @@ func monitorLocalDisksAndHeal(ctx context.Context, z *erasureServerPools, bgSeq
 			healDisks := globalBackgroundHealState.getHealLocalDiskEndpoints()
 			if len(healDisks) > 0 {
 				// Reformat disks
-				bgSeq.sourceCh <- healSource{bucket: SlashSeparator}
+				bgSeq.queueHealTask(healSource{bucket: SlashSeparator}, madmin.HealItemMetadata)
 
 				// Ensure that reformatting disks is finished
-				bgSeq.sourceCh <- healSource{bucket: nopHeal}
+				bgSeq.queueHealTask(healSource{bucket: nopHeal}, madmin.HealItemMetadata)
 
 				logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Found drives to heal %d, proceeding to heal content...",
 					len(healDisks)))
diff --git a/cmd/config-current.go b/cmd/config-current.go
index 397f0cb46..6ae3895e3 100644
--- a/cmd/config-current.go
+++ b/cmd/config-current.go
@@ -579,9 +579,7 @@ func applyDynamicConfig(ctx context.Context, objAPI ObjectLayer, s config.Config
 	globalCompressConfig = cmpCfg
 	globalCompressConfigMu.Unlock()
 
-	globalHealConfigMu.Lock()
-	globalHealConfig = healCfg
-	globalHealConfigMu.Unlock()
+	globalHealConfig.Update(healCfg)
 
 	// update dynamic scanner values.
 	scannerCycle.Update(scannerCfg.Cycle)
diff --git a/cmd/data-scanner.go b/cmd/data-scanner.go
index d851a7d94..406ff709e 100644
--- a/cmd/data-scanner.go
+++ b/cmd/data-scanner.go
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	globalHealConfig   heal.Config
-	globalHealConfigMu sync.Mutex
+	globalHealConfig heal.Config
 
 	dataScannerLeaderLockTimeout = newDynamicTimeout(30*time.Second, 10*time.Second)
 	// Sleeper values are updated when config is loaded.
@@ -638,6 +637,13 @@ func (f *folderScanner) scanFolder(ctx context.Context, folder cachedFolder, int
 				console.Debugf(scannerLogPrefix+" checking disappeared folder: %v/%v\n", bucket, prefix)
 			}
 
+			if bucket != resolver.bucket {
+				// Bucket might be missing as well with abandoned children.
+				// make sure it is created first otherwise healing won't proceed
+				// for objects.
+				_, _ = objAPI.HealBucket(ctx, bucket, madmin.HealOpts{})
+			}
+
 			resolver.bucket = bucket
 
 			foundObjs := false
@@ -856,27 +862,21 @@ func (i *scannerItem) transformMetaDir() {
 	i.objectName = split[len(split)-1]
 }
 
-// actionMeta contains information used to apply actions.
-type actionMeta struct {
-	oi         ObjectInfo
-	bitRotScan bool // indicates if bitrot check was requested.
-}
-
 var applyActionsLogPrefix = color.Green("applyActions:")
 
-func (i *scannerItem) applyHealing(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, meta actionMeta) (size int64) {
+func (i *scannerItem) applyHealing(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, oi ObjectInfo) (size int64) {
 	if i.debug {
-		if meta.oi.VersionID != "" {
-			console.Debugf(applyActionsLogPrefix+" heal checking: %v/%v v(%s)\n", i.bucket, i.objectPath(), meta.oi.VersionID)
+		if oi.VersionID != "" {
+			console.Debugf(applyActionsLogPrefix+" heal checking: %v/%v v(%s)\n", i.bucket, i.objectPath(), oi.VersionID)
 		} else {
 			console.Debugf(applyActionsLogPrefix+" heal checking: %v/%v\n", i.bucket, i.objectPath())
 		}
 	}
-	healOpts := madmin.HealOpts{Remove: healDeleteDangling}
-	if meta.bitRotScan {
-		healOpts.ScanMode = madmin.HealDeepScan
+	healOpts := madmin.HealOpts{
+		Remove:   healDeleteDangling,
+		ScanMode: globalHealConfig.ScanMode(),
 	}
-	res, err := o.HealObject(ctx, i.bucket, i.objectPath(), meta.oi.VersionID, healOpts)
+	res, err := o.HealObject(ctx, i.bucket, i.objectPath(), oi.VersionID, healOpts)
 	if isErrObjectNotFound(err) || isErrVersionNotFound(err) {
 		return 0
 	}
@@ -887,8 +887,8 @@ func (i *scannerItem) applyHealing(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, meta acti
 	return res.ObjectSize
 }
 
-func (i *scannerItem) applyLifecycle(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, meta actionMeta) (applied bool, size int64) {
-	size, err := meta.oi.GetActualSize()
+func (i *scannerItem) applyLifecycle(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, oi ObjectInfo) (applied bool, size int64) {
+	size, err := oi.GetActualSize()
 	if i.debug {
 		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
 	}
@@ -900,20 +900,20 @@ func (i *scannerItem) applyLifecycle(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, meta ac
 		return false, size
 	}
 
-	versionID := meta.oi.VersionID
+	versionID := oi.VersionID
 	action := i.lifeCycle.ComputeAction(
 		lifecycle.ObjectOpts{
 			Name:                   i.objectPath(),
-			UserTags:               meta.oi.UserTags,
-			ModTime:                meta.oi.ModTime,
-			VersionID:              meta.oi.VersionID,
-			DeleteMarker:           meta.oi.DeleteMarker,
-			IsLatest:               meta.oi.IsLatest,
-			NumVersions:            meta.oi.NumVersions,
-			SuccessorModTime:       meta.oi.SuccessorModTime,
-			RestoreOngoing:         meta.oi.RestoreOngoing,
-			RestoreExpires:         meta.oi.RestoreExpires,
-			TransitionStatus:       meta.oi.TransitionedObject.Status,
+			UserTags:               oi.UserTags,
+			ModTime:                oi.ModTime,
+			VersionID:              oi.VersionID,
+			DeleteMarker:           oi.DeleteMarker,
+			IsLatest:               oi.IsLatest,
+			NumVersions:            oi.NumVersions,
+			SuccessorModTime:       oi.SuccessorModTime,
+			RestoreOngoing:         oi.RestoreOngoing,
+			RestoreExpires:         oi.RestoreExpires,
+			TransitionStatus:       oi.TransitionedObject.Status,
 			RemoteTiersImmediately: globalDebugRemoteTiersImmediately,
 		})
 	if i.debug {
@@ -972,8 +972,8 @@ func (i *scannerItem) applyLifecycle(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, meta ac
 
 // applyTierObjSweep removes remote object pending deletion and the free-version
 // tracking this information.
-func (i *scannerItem) applyTierObjSweep(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, meta actionMeta) {
-	if !meta.oi.TransitionedObject.FreeVersion {
+func (i *scannerItem) applyTierObjSweep(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, oi ObjectInfo) {
+	if !oi.TransitionedObject.FreeVersion {
 		// nothing to be done
 		return
 	}
@@ -986,18 +986,18 @@ func (i *scannerItem) applyTierObjSweep(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, meta
 		return err
 	}
 	// Remove the remote object
-	err := deleteObjectFromRemoteTier(ctx, meta.oi.TransitionedObject.Name, meta.oi.TransitionedObject.VersionID, meta.oi.TransitionedObject.Tier)
+	err := deleteObjectFromRemoteTier(ctx, oi.TransitionedObject.Name, oi.TransitionedObject.VersionID, oi.TransitionedObject.Tier)
 	if ignoreNotFoundErr(err) != nil {
 		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
 		return
 	}
 
 	// Remove this free version
-	_, err = o.DeleteObject(ctx, meta.oi.Bucket, meta.oi.Name, ObjectOptions{
-		VersionID: meta.oi.VersionID,
+	_, err = o.DeleteObject(ctx, oi.Bucket, oi.Name, ObjectOptions{
+		VersionID: oi.VersionID,
 	})
 	if err == nil {
-		auditLogLifecycle(ctx, meta.oi, ILMFreeVersionDelete)
+		auditLogLifecycle(ctx, oi, ILMFreeVersionDelete)
 	}
 	if ignoreNotFoundErr(err) != nil {
 		logger.LogIf(ctx, err)
@@ -1009,19 +1009,19 @@ func (i *scannerItem) applyTierObjSweep(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, meta
 // The resulting size on disk will always be returned.
 // The metadata will be compared to consensus on the object layer before any changes are applied.
 // If no metadata is supplied, -1 is returned if no action is taken.
-func (i *scannerItem) applyActions(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, meta actionMeta, sizeS *sizeSummary) int64 {
-	i.applyTierObjSweep(ctx, o, meta)
+func (i *scannerItem) applyActions(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer, oi ObjectInfo, sizeS *sizeSummary) int64 {
+	i.applyTierObjSweep(ctx, o, oi)
 
-	applied, size := i.applyLifecycle(ctx, o, meta)
+	applied, size := i.applyLifecycle(ctx, o, oi)
 	// For instance, an applied lifecycle means we remove/transitioned an object
 	// from the current deployment, which means we don't have to call healing
 	// routine even if we are asked to do via heal flag.
 	if !applied {
 		if i.heal {
-			size = i.applyHealing(ctx, o, meta)
+			size = i.applyHealing(ctx, o, oi)
 		}
 		// replicate only if lifecycle rules are not applied.
-		i.healReplication(ctx, o, meta.oi.Clone(), sizeS)
+		i.healReplication(ctx, o, oi.Clone(), sizeS)
 	}
 	return size
 }
diff --git a/cmd/fs-v1.go b/cmd/fs-v1.go
index 19fcede3d..7a0c6d2df 100644
--- a/cmd/fs-v1.go
+++ b/cmd/fs-v1.go
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ func (fs *FSObjects) scanBucket(ctx context.Context, bucket string, cache dataUs
 		}
 
 		oi := fsMeta.ToObjectInfo(bucket, object, fi)
-		sz := item.applyActions(ctx, fs, actionMeta{oi: oi}, &sizeSummary{})
+		sz := item.applyActions(ctx, fs, oi, &sizeSummary{})
 		if sz >= 0 {
 			return sizeSummary{totalSize: sz, versions: 1}, nil
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/global-heal.go b/cmd/global-heal.go
index 87435ae1e..5fda5dfd6 100644
--- a/cmd/global-heal.go
+++ b/cmd/global-heal.go
@@ -41,24 +41,14 @@ func newBgHealSequence() *healSequence {
 	reqInfo := &logger.ReqInfo{API: "BackgroundHeal"}
 	ctx, cancelCtx := context.WithCancel(logger.SetReqInfo(GlobalContext, reqInfo))
 
-	globalHealConfigMu.Lock()
-	opts := globalHealConfig
-	globalHealConfigMu.Unlock()
-
-	scanMode := madmin.HealNormalScan
-	if opts.Bitrot {
-		scanMode = madmin.HealDeepScan
-	}
-
 	hs := madmin.HealOpts{
 		// Remove objects that do not have read-quorum
 		Remove:   healDeleteDangling,
-		ScanMode: scanMode,
+		ScanMode: globalHealConfig.ScanMode(),
 	}
 
 	return &healSequence{
-		sourceCh:    make(chan healSource, 50000),
-		respCh:      make(chan healResult, 50000),
+		respCh:      make(chan healResult),
 		startTime:   UTCNow(),
 		clientToken: bgHealingUUID,
 		// run-background heal with reserved bucket
@@ -179,14 +169,7 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, buckets []BucketIn
 		Name: pathJoin(minioMetaBucket, minioConfigPrefix),
 	})
 
-	globalHealConfigMu.Lock()
-	opts := globalHealConfig
-	globalHealConfigMu.Unlock()
-
-	scanMode := madmin.HealNormalScan
-	if opts.Bitrot {
-		scanMode = madmin.HealDeepScan
-	}
+	scanMode := globalHealConfig.ScanMode()
 
 	// Heal all buckets with all objects
 	for _, bucket := range buckets {
@@ -332,19 +315,15 @@ func (er *erasureObjects) healErasureSet(ctx context.Context, buckets []BucketIn
 func healObject(bucket, object, versionID string, scan madmin.HealScanMode) {
 	// Get background heal sequence to send elements to heal
 	bgSeq, ok := globalBackgroundHealState.getHealSequenceByToken(bgHealingUUID)
-	if !ok {
-		return
-	}
-	select {
-	case bgSeq.sourceCh <- healSource{
-		bucket:    bucket,
-		object:    object,
-		versionID: versionID,
-		opts: &madmin.HealOpts{
-			Remove:   healDeleteDangling, // if found dangling purge it.
-			ScanMode: scan,
-		},
-	}:
-	default:
+	if ok {
+		bgSeq.queueHealTask(healSource{
+			bucket:    bucket,
+			object:    object,
+			versionID: versionID,
+			opts: &madmin.HealOpts{
+				Remove:   healDeleteDangling, // if found dangling purge it.
+				ScanMode: scan,
+			},
+		}, madmin.HealItemObject)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/metacache-entries.go b/cmd/metacache-entries.go
index e468a752f..ae1db6eb1 100644
--- a/cmd/metacache-entries.go
+++ b/cmd/metacache-entries.go
@@ -163,6 +163,10 @@ func (e *metaCacheEntry) fileInfo(bucket string) (*FileInfo, error) {
 		}, nil
 	}
 	if e.cached == nil {
+		if len(e.metadata) == 0 {
+			// only happens if the entry is not found.
+			return nil, errFileNotFound
+		}
 		fi, err := getFileInfo(e.metadata, bucket, e.name, "", false)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -308,15 +312,21 @@ func (m metaCacheEntries) resolve(r *metadataResolutionParams) (selected *metaCa
 		sort.Slice(r.candidates, func(i, j int) bool {
 			return r.candidates[i].n > r.candidates[j].n
 		})
+
 		// Check if we have enough.
 		if r.candidates[0].n < r.objQuorum {
 			return nil, false
 		}
+
 		if r.candidates[0].n > r.candidates[1].n {
-			return r.candidates[0].e, true
+			ok := r.candidates[0].e != nil && r.candidates[0].e.name != ""
+			return r.candidates[0].e, ok
 		}
+
+		e := resolveEntries(r.candidates[0].e, r.candidates[1].e, r.bucket)
 		// Tie between two, resolve using modtime+versions.
-		return resolveEntries(r.candidates[0].e, r.candidates[1].e, r.bucket), true
+		ok := e != nil && e.name != ""
+		return e, ok
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/mrf.go b/cmd/mrf.go
index decd2eca8..4ad03e9bd 100644
--- a/cmd/mrf.go
+++ b/cmd/mrf.go
@@ -183,17 +183,8 @@ func (m *mrfState) healRoutine() {
 	idler := time.NewTimer(mrfInfoResetInterval)
 	defer idler.Stop()
 
-	globalHealConfigMu.Lock()
-	opts := globalHealConfig
-	globalHealConfigMu.Unlock()
-
-	scanMode := madmin.HealNormalScan
-	if opts.Bitrot {
-		scanMode = madmin.HealDeepScan
-	}
-
 	var mrfHealingOpts = madmin.HealOpts{
-		ScanMode: scanMode,
+		ScanMode: globalHealConfig.ScanMode(),
 		Remove:   healDeleteDangling,
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/xl-storage.go b/cmd/xl-storage.go
index 6e9fe2492..0b72f2763 100644
--- a/cmd/xl-storage.go
+++ b/cmd/xl-storage.go
@@ -453,9 +453,6 @@ func (s *xlStorage) NSScanner(ctx context.Context, cache dataUsageCache, updates
 		return cache, errServerNotInitialized
 	}
 
-	globalHealConfigMu.Lock()
-	healOpts := globalHealConfig
-	globalHealConfigMu.Unlock()
 	cache.Info.updates = updates
 
 	dataUsageInfo, err := scanDataFolder(ctx, s.diskPath, cache, func(item scannerItem) (sizeSummary, error) {
@@ -488,10 +485,7 @@ func (s *xlStorage) NSScanner(ctx context.Context, cache dataUsageCache, updates
 		sizeS := sizeSummary{}
 		for _, version := range fivs.Versions {
 			oi := version.ToObjectInfo(item.bucket, item.objectPath())
-			sz := item.applyActions(ctx, objAPI, actionMeta{
-				oi:         oi,
-				bitRotScan: healOpts.Bitrot,
-			}, &sizeS)
+			sz := item.applyActions(ctx, objAPI, oi, &sizeS)
 			if !oi.DeleteMarker && sz == oi.Size {
 				sizeS.versions++
 			}
diff --git a/internal/config/heal/heal.go b/internal/config/heal/heal.go
index 31151b1bf..89c31dad1 100644
--- a/internal/config/heal/heal.go
+++ b/internal/config/heal/heal.go
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ package heal
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/minio/madmin-go"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/config"
 	"github.com/minio/pkg/env"
 )
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@ const (
 	EnvIOCount = "MINIO_HEAL_MAX_IO"
 )
 
+var configMutex sync.RWMutex
+
 // Config represents the heal settings.
 type Config struct {
 	// Bitrot will perform bitrot scan on local disk when checking objects.
@@ -46,6 +50,61 @@ type Config struct {
 	IOCount int           `json:"iocount"`
 }
 
+// ScanMode returns configured scan mode
+func (opts Config) ScanMode() madmin.HealScanMode {
+	configMutex.RLock()
+	defer configMutex.RUnlock()
+	if opts.Bitrot {
+		return madmin.HealDeepScan
+	}
+	return madmin.HealNormalScan
+}
+
+// Wait waits for IOCount to go down or max sleep to elapse before returning.
+// usually used in healing paths to wait for specified amount of time to
+// throttle healing.
+func (opts Config) Wait(currentIO func() int, systemIO func() int) {
+	configMutex.RLock()
+	maxIO, maxWait := opts.IOCount, opts.Sleep
+	configMutex.RUnlock()
+
+	// No need to wait run at full speed.
+	if maxIO <= 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
+	// At max 10 attempts to wait with 100 millisecond interval before proceeding
+	waitTick := 100 * time.Millisecond
+
+	tmpMaxWait := maxWait
+
+	if currentIO != nil {
+		for currentIO() >= maxIO+systemIO() {
+			if tmpMaxWait > 0 {
+				if tmpMaxWait < waitTick {
+					time.Sleep(tmpMaxWait)
+				} else {
+					time.Sleep(waitTick)
+				}
+				tmpMaxWait = tmpMaxWait - waitTick
+			}
+			if tmpMaxWait <= 0 {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Update updates opts with nopts
+func (opts *Config) Update(nopts Config) {
+	configMutex.Lock()
+	defer configMutex.Unlock()
+
+	opts.Bitrot = nopts.Bitrot
+	opts.IOCount = nopts.IOCount
+	opts.Sleep = nopts.Sleep
+}
+
 var (
 	// DefaultKVS - default KV config for heal settings
 	DefaultKVS = config.KVS{