De-cluster means ensure that objects that all have one copy on a single volume have their other copies spread all over the cloud. This enables many to many recovery.
The weights bias selection, e.g. so we can discourage placement on a device
that is more full.
A "metric" is a unit or means of measuring an interesting quantity.
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