Data archiver - what's happening in the back end?

I have a lot of questions about Data Archiver and what happens in the backend when you archive a module's records without deleting the records.

I'll start with one scenario: Say I archive all Closed Cases created 5 or more years ago.

  • Do the cases_audit entries get deleted or archived?
  • Do the emails linked to the Case get archived? I would consider these "orphaned" if the case is gone.
  • What happens to the relationships between Cases and other modules? Are they also archived?
    • e.g do cases_bugs, accounts_cases, contacts_cases etc. for those cases get archived?
  • What about attachments to case related Notes? is there an uploads_archive on the file system?

thanks,
FrancescaS