Snapshot storage and management within an object store

A non-transitory machine readable medium comprising instructions for performing a method, which when executed by a machine, causes the machine to:

• store snapshot data, of a first snapshot of a file system, into slots of a first object;
• create a metafile mapping block numbers, used by the file system to reference the snapshot data, to cloud block numbers representing portions of the snapshot data stored within the slots of the first object;
• store the first object within an object store;
• and
• utilize the metafile to store incremental snapshot data of a second snapshot of the file system within a second object of the object store.

A computing device comprising:

• a memory comprising machine executable code for performing a method;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the machine executable code to cause the processor to:
• store snapshot data, of a first snapshot of a file system, into slots of a first object;
• create a metafile mapping block numbers, used by the file system to reference the snapshot data, to cloud block numbers representing portions of the snapshot data stored within the slots of the first object;
• store the first object within an object store;
• and
• utilize the metafile to store incremental snapshot data of a second snapshot of the file system within a second object of the object store.