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Re: Explaining snapshots (for backup)



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.

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