I downloaded and installed the latest version of the Nextcloud client (Nextcloud-33.0.7-x64.msi) on my Windows 11 laptop.
My Nextcloud contains several folders, but their combined size is so large that I would like to distribute the contents across my two M.2 SSDsâfor example, folder 1 on SSD 1 and folder 2 on SSD 2.
Is there any way to change the local storage location for each individual folder?
I checked the configuration file at %appdata%\Roaming\Nextcloud\nextcloud.cfg, but I could not find any settings for individual folders.
I donât think youâll have any luck with that, because the sync process downloads everything into a single directory. You can create shortcuts pointing to that location, though.
The only way I can think of would be to format a hard drive in Windows and assign it a path instead of a drive letter. Then everything would automatically end up in a different location. Or, in Linux, by using a symlink.
Connecting to various servers via the client works. Each âserverâ gets its own directory on your hard drive, for which you can specify the path.
Connecting to the same server multiple times also works, provided different users are involved. In this case, too, separate folders are usedâthe paths to which you can specify.
However, connecting to the same server with the same user multiple times is, of course, not possible.
On the server, I have one personal folder and five folders that have been shared with me, so six folders in total.
When you install the Nextcloud app, all these folders are placed in a single main folder called âNextcloudâ by default.
However, these folders are quite large. Folders of 40â60 GB are not uncommon.
My laptop has two M.2 SSDs: Drive C and Drive D. I wanted to distribute the folders across both drives. For example, I wanted to place my personal folder and two shared folders on Drive C, and the other three shared folders on Drive D. I did not know how to achieve this.
In the meantime, I have figured out how to do it. It works perfectly!