--- title: "CTERA Product Architectures" slug: "example-architecture" description: "Architecture" updated: 2025-04-03T07:53:03Z published: 2025-04-03T07:53:03Z canonical: "kb.ctera.com/example-architecture" --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.ctera.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Example CTERA Architecture The basic CTERA architecture is represented in the following architecture overview: ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-4K90JJVA.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T03%3A59%3A25Z&se=2026-11-11T04%3A59%3A25Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=GVSzijY8hAhowNYdznY9Ox9rCtlJgHaIz69pIh%2FGUH4%3D) The following diagram is an example of the architecture showing the main use cases: - NAS modernization/remote office, branch office (ROBO) - Enterprise file sync and share (EFSS) - Archive ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-UC66UEUS.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T03%3A59%3A25Z&se=2026-11-11T04%3A59%3A25Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=GVSzijY8hAhowNYdznY9Ox9rCtlJgHaIz69pIh%2FGUH4%3D) ## POC Architecture ![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-7O3K0XPG.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T03%3A59%3A25Z&se=2026-11-11T04%3A59%3A25Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=GVSzijY8hAhowNYdznY9Ox9rCtlJgHaIz69pIh%2FGUH4%3D)