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title: "Full End-to-End Deployment Overview"
slug: "full-deployment-overview"
updated: 2026-11-01T05:46:51Z
published: 2026-11-01T05:46:51Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/full-deployment-overview"
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> ## 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.

# Full End-to-End Deployment Overview

A full deployment of the CTERA enterprise data fabric from edge to cloud requires the following:

- Understanding the user case.
  - NAS Modernization
  - Remote Office Branch Office (ROBO)
  - Enterprise File Sync & Share (EFSS)
- Estimating the amount of data to be managed.
- Deciding on the platform,
  - Central management platform.
    - Cloud
    - On-Premise
  - Edge and endpoint platforms.
    - Cloud
    - On-Premise
- Migration considerations.

The workflows required for creating a minimal deployment depend on the above criteria:

- [Planning and initial design](/v1/docs/planning-and-initial-design-2)
- [Portal deployments](/v1/docs/portal-cluster)
- [Edge filer deployments](/v1/docs/edge-filer-deployment)
- [Endpoint deployments](/v1/docs/endpoint-deployments)