diff --git a/datastore/databuffer.nim b/datastore/databuffer.nim
index 1ee5c5f..6f7543e 100644
--- a/datastore/databuffer.nim
+++ b/datastore/databuffer.nim
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ type
     cnt: ptr int
     buf: ptr UncheckedArray[byte]
     size: int
+  
+  KeyBuffer* = DataBuffer
+  ValueBuffer* = DataBuffer
 
 proc `$`*(data: DataBuffer): string =
   if data.buf.isNil:
diff --git a/datastore/sharedds.nim b/datastore/sharedds.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dbe74df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datastore/sharedds.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+import std/tables
+
+import pkg/chronos
+import pkg/questionable
+import pkg/questionable/results
+import pkg/upraises
+
+import ./key
+import ./query
+import ./datastore
+
+export key, query
+
+push: {.upraises: [].}
+
+type
+  MountedStore* = object
+    store*: Datastore
+    key*: Key
+
+  MountedDatastore* = ref object of Datastore
+    stores*: Table[Key, MountedStore]
+
+method mount*(self: MountedDatastore, key: Key, store: Datastore): ?!void {.base.} =
+  ## Mount a store on a namespace - namespaces are only `/`
+  ##
+
+  if key in self.stores:
+    return failure("Key already has store mounted!")
+
+  self.stores.add(key, MountedStore(store: store, key: key))
+
+  return success()
+
+func findStore*(self: MountedDatastore, key: Key): ?!MountedStore =
+  ## Find a store mounted under a particular key
+  ##
+
+  for (k, v) in self.stores.pairs:
+    var
+      mounted = key
+
+    while mounted.len > 0:
+      if ?k.path == ?mounted.path:
+        return success v
+
+      if mounted.parent.isErr:
+        break
+
+      mounted = mounted.parent.get
+
+  failure newException(DatastoreKeyNotFound, "No datastore found for key")
+
+proc dispatch(
+  self: MountedDatastore,
+  key: Key): ?!tuple[store: MountedStore, relative: Key] =
+  ## Helper to retrieve the store and corresponding relative key
+  ##
+
+  let
+    mounted = ?self.findStore(key)
+
+  return success (store: mounted, relative: ?key.relative(mounted.key))
+
+method has*(
+  self: MountedDatastore,
+  key: Key): Future[?!bool] {.async.} =
+
+  without mounted =? self.dispatch(key):
+    return failure "No mounted datastore found"
+
+  return (await mounted.store.store.has(mounted.relative))
+
+method delete*(
+  self: MountedDatastore,
+  key: Key): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
+
+  without mounted =? self.dispatch(key), error:
+    return failure(error)
+
+  return (await mounted.store.store.delete(mounted.relative))
+
+method delete*(
+  self: MountedDatastore,
+  keys: seq[Key]): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
+
+  for key in keys:
+    if err =? (await self.delete(key)).errorOption:
+      return failure err
+
+  return success()
+
+method get*(
+  self: MountedDatastore,
+  key: Key): Future[?!seq[byte]] {.async.} =
+
+  without mounted =? self.dispatch(key), error:
+    return failure(error)
+
+  return await mounted.store.store.get(mounted.relative)
+
+method put*(
+  self: MountedDatastore,
+  key: Key,
+  data: seq[byte]): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
+
+  without mounted =? self.dispatch(key), error:
+    return failure(error)
+
+  return (await mounted.store.store.put(mounted.relative, data))
+
+method put*(
+  self: MountedDatastore,
+  batch: seq[BatchEntry]): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
+
+  for entry in batch:
+    if err =? (await self.put(entry.key, entry.data)).errorOption:
+      return failure err
+
+  return success()
+
+method close*(self: MountedDatastore): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
+  for s in self.stores.values:
+    discard await s.store.close()
+
+  # TODO: how to handle failed close?
+  return success()
+
+func new*(
+  T: type MountedDatastore,
+  stores: Table[Key, Datastore] = initTable[Key, Datastore]()): ?!T =
+
+  var self = T()
+  for (k, v) in stores.pairs:
+    self.stores[?k.path] = MountedStore(store: v, key: k)
+
+  success self