When to create a new asset volume?

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I'm not sure if I've been using asset volumes correctly.

For each folder inside my /uploads directory, I've been creating a new volume. So they're all relative to /uploads

I have volumes for things like blog, general, locations, brochures, etc.

so folder structure is like:

 - Uploads
    - general
    - blog
        - subfolder
    - locations
    - brochures

Should I just have a single Volume called "uploads" and then create the subfolders within the craft dashboard via Assets?

Is there a downside in creating a volume per folder?

Brad Bell · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-16 19:32:22Z

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Should I just have a single Volume called "uploads" and then create the subfolders within the craft dashboard via Assets?

I think that's typically how people would set it up. You might run into some edge-case synchronization issues with nested Volumes.

answered Aug 16, 2019 at 19:32

Brad Bell♦

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thanks, brad. I ended up downsizing my volumes from like 8 to 2. (Image Uploads,and PDFs). Much more manageable. I think at the time of making all the volumes I didn't realize you could create folders in the craft assets view.
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Aug 16, 2019 at 21:12

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