# Why does JD have nested folders?

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**Created:** [July 9, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/why-does-jd-have-nested-folders/1627 "2024-07-09T12:33:32Z")\
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@hans

FYI;  
I’ve been using Syncthing for a couple of years.

**My experience**

- very stable
- don’t overdo it with folders / structure (it’ll become tedious and you’ll redo it later 😅)

Things I want synced to multiple locations / devices live in my 9\* area of JD  
Single means only one generation / 1 copy  
Multi means multiple generations with autocleanup / versioned backups back in time

 ![2024-07-16 22_59_11](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/uploads/default/original/1X/a03ec3181133b7031077b3d55a2ab30d7972aac0.png)

I have 7 devices.

They all share 1 **common** shared folder that does two way sync, if I wanna “drop something between devices”

I use a Synology NAS running DSM 7 as my “main” device - seen and synced with all devices. The others are paired/linked based on necessity.

I use Synology **Hyper Backup** to selectivly pull / create scheduled backups from other JD folders.

I use Synology **Cloud Sync** to upload encrypted backups to (free) Google Drive and/or OneDrive accounts for stuff I want to have off-site as well.

I use **rsync** service to schedule and transfer folders/files between Synology NAS devices (reason is I have a couple of old Synology NAS servers that does not play well with latest software, but rsync has been around for a long time and works great)

Edit; a bit better description [here](https://forum.johnnydecimal.com/t/syncthing-configuration-selective-syncing-to-many-devices/1651/3)

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