New user - help with directory structure?

[RachFan]

I'm just starting, and just found this forum. I have over 1000 CDs (mostly classical), a Cambridge Audio CXN streamer, and QNAP TS 251+ NAS. I am excited about using MinimServer to search my collection. But I have a lot of questions.

Are there any general intro articles? I found a guide for installing MinimServer 2 on a QNAP NAS. That should get me started. Are there also any pinned articles somewhere with general advice and how to avoid common pitfalls?

My biggest puzzle now is how to structure my files. I have just read that the actual file hierarchy won't matter to MinimServer, which is good news to me. I'm hoping to do things like this with MinimServer: find all copies of the Haydn Trumpet Concerto in my collection, display them with performer & album data, and allow me to select one. I must have half a dozen recordings of that concerto scattered in my collection. MinimServer can do this, right?

But I still would like to structure files so that I can find content on my own, if I have to. I thought I would mirror my physical shelving in the file structure, like so:

+ classical / composer / work / performer / album / tracks...

+ jazz / performer / album

+ piano / performer / album

+ trumpet / performer / album

+ soundtracks / composer / album

+ poprock / performer / album

Would this be a good idea? I just read a post advising against dividing classical/composer by works. But I do like putting all my copies of Bach's WTC together, or all my copies of Rachmaninoff Concertos by different performers shelved together -- for example.

I haven't actually started ripping CDs yet. I think dbPowerAmp and MusicBrainz Picard look like my ticket there...

Thank you!