1. A method comprising: storing first metadata only at the same addressable storage location of a computer readable medium as that where associated user data is physically stored, the user data associated with redundant user data stored at another addressable storage location according to a prescribed redundancy format, and the first metadata logically appended to the user data according to the prescribed redundancy format; and after the storing first metadata feature, satisfying a read request for the user data by retrieving the user data from the addressable location of the computer readable medium where the first metadata is stored if the first metadata has a first value, and by reconstructing the user data from data stored at the another addressable storage location if the first metadata has a second value.