The Best Ways to Use Cryptomator to Manage and Organize Vaults

Hello Everyone,

I’ve been using Cryptomator for a while now to secure my cloud-stored files, and I’m curious about how others organize and manage their vaults for optimal performance and ease of use.

Here’s a little about my setup:
I currently have a few different vaults set up for personal and work-related documents. For personal files, I’ve got everything from photos to sensitive documents in one large vault, while for work, I use separate vaults for different projects. I’m starting to wonder if I’ve overcomplicated things by having too many vaults or if consolidating some might be beneficial. However, I also don’t want to run into issues with performance if vaults become too large.

A few specific questions I’d love your input on:

  1. How do you organize your vaults? Do you prefer having one large vault for everything, or do you use multiple smaller vaults for different types of files?
  2. Has anyone experienced performance issues with larger vaults? If so, what’s the best size limit you’ve found for smooth performance?
  3. Do you name your vaults in any particular way to help with organization? I’ve been struggling with remembering what’s in each vault sometimes.
  4. Do you back up your vaults regularly, and if so, what’s your preferred method? I currently use external drives, but I’m wondering if there’s a better, more efficient way.

https://community.cryptomator.org/t/recovering-vault-when-masterkey-and-vault-cryptomator-missing/

Thanks in advance for any google-cloud-platform advice or tips you can share. I’d love to hear how others approach vault management to make things more efficient and user-friendly!

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