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    <p>Should I just have a single Volume called "uploads" and then create the subfolders within the craft dashboard via Assets?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I think that's typically how people would set it up.  You might run into some edge-case synchronization issues with nested Volumes.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: 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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Body: <p>I'm not sure if I've been using asset volumes correctly.</p>
  
  <p>For each folder inside my <code>/uploads</code> directory, I've been creating a new volume. So they're all relative to <code>/uploads</code></p>
  
  <p>I have volumes for things like blog, general, locations, brochures, etc.</p>
  
  <p>so folder structure is like:</p>
  
  <pre><code> - Uploads
      - general
      - blog
          - subfolder
      - locations
      - brochures
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Should I just have a single Volume called "uploads" and then create the subfolders within the craft dashboard via Assets?</p>
  
  <p>Is there a downside in creating a volume per folder?</p>
  
Tags: <assets><volumes>
Title: When to create a new asset volume?
ThreadText: # When to create a new asset volume?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-08-15)
  
  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?
  
  **Tags:** assets, volumes
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-08-16. Score: 1
  
  > 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.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: thanks, username_1. 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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