Works where your data lives

The storage realityenterprises already have.

Shelfmark reads the filesystem layer and mounted stubs directly, so the data can remain in place.

Network topology diagram: storage endpoints — disks, NAS racks, cloud nodes, a file-share tower — each holding its data blocks in place, with thin index lines routing to one compact local catalogue node marked in orange.

iCloud Drive on macOS

File-provider synced stubs

OneDrive

Online-only and placeholder files

Nextcloud

WebDAV or FUSE-based structures

Local disks & external drives

Enterprise network shares

Understand first. Move later. Or never.

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