Intentionally top-posting; Thanks to all who replied, I think I have a pretty good understanding and I think the biggest thing I was missing was how a file could be reconstructed using only the metadata, but I now see the explanation that filesystems that can do snapshots are COW and now things make sense.
Thanks again to all who replied! On Tuesday, November 15, 2022 10:36:59 AM Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Nitpicking mode on. -- rhk If you reply: snip, snip, and snip again; leave attributions; avoid HTML; avoid top posting; and keep it "on list". (Oxford comma included at no charge.) If you change topics, change the Subject: line. Writing is often meant for others to read and understand (legal agreements excepted?) -- make it easier for your reader by various means, including liberal use of whitespace and minimal use of (obscure?) jargon, abbreviations, acronyms, and references. If someone else has already responded to a question, decide whether any response you add will be helpful or not ... A picture is worth a thousand words -- divide by 10 for each minute of video (or audio) or create a transcript and edit it to 10% of the original.
