migrate bootstrap logic directly to websockets (#18855)

improve performance for startup sequences by 2x for 300+ nodes.

cmd/utils.go

@@ -1036,9 +1036,8 @@ func isDirObject(object string) bool {
 }
 
 // Helper method to return total number of nodes in cluster
-func totalNodeCount() uint64 {
-	peers, _ := globalEndpoints.peers()
-	totalNodesCount := uint64(len(peers))
+func totalNodeCount() int {
+	totalNodesCount := len(globalEndpoints.Hostnames())
 	if totalNodesCount == 0 {
 		totalNodesCount = 1 // For standalone erasure coding
 	}