Best way to store and organize CapCut video projects on TrueNAS?

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Hi everyone,

I’m setting up a self-hosted storage system using TrueNAS and wanted some advice on organizing video editing files. I mainly use capcut for short-form content, and right now my workflow is getting messy with exports, project backups, and media assets scattered across different drives. My idea is to centralize everything on TrueNAS, but I’m not sure about the best structure. A few questions:

  • What’s the best folder structure for video projects (raw files, edits, exports, assets)?

  • Do people usually separate capcut exports and project backups into different datasets/shares?

  • Any best practices for performance or backup strategy when dealing with frequent video writes?

  • Would snapshots be enough for protecting ongoing editing work?

I’m still learning NAS setups, so any simple guidance or examples would be really helpful.

Thanks!

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As I’m starting to scale things a bit, I had a few follow-up questions:

  • When projects grow larger, is it better to keep everything on TrueNAS, or work locally and then move files over after editing from video editor capcut?

  • How do you usually handle performance when accessing video files over the network — any tweaks or settings that help?

  • For long-term storage, do you separate “active projects” and “archive” into different pools or just datasets?

  • Any simple strategy to avoid clutter as the number of videos keeps increasing?

Still trying to keep things simple but future-proof, so would really appreciate how others are handling this as their workload grows.

Thanks again!