# Folders extravaganza

**URL:** <https://kopia.discourse.group/t/folders-extravaganza/2064>\
**Category:** General Topics\
**Created:** [June 3, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/folders-extravaganza/2064 "2023-06-03T10:50:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZebCorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/5fc32e/32.png) [@ZebCorp](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/ZebCorp)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/folders-extravaganza/2064/1 "2023-06-03T10:50:58Z")

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Just when browsing my files I spotted a thing. I have backup worth of over a year data (about 9 GiB) and its destination location contains 915 files and 12 362 folders. That’s more 10x empty folders than data files. I assume this is by design. But these empty folders are (re)used for something later?

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**Author:** ![kapitainsky](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/kopia.discourse.group/kapitainsky/32/535_2.png) [@kapitainsky](https://kopia.discourse.group/u/kapitainsky)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://kopia.discourse.group/t/folders-extravaganza/2064/2 "2023-06-03T11:34:49Z")

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It is due to sharding:

> **[Sharding](https://kopia.io/docs/advanced/sharding/)**
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> Fast and Secure Open-Source Backup Software for Windows, Mac, and Linux

and developer decision to create all folders up front instead of only when needed. At the end either way is fine.