Restructuring a Database (Advice on)

I agree with everyone here but…
Whenever I’ve had to take over a big project from another editor, I’ve developed a strategy that would work in DevonThink. When you’ve been given what could be either a chaos nest or uniquely organized circus some extreme measures need to be taken.
I would do this:
Put all the files in an enclosing folder called “old structure” or “Project v1”
Then make a ton of smart rules to make lists of things by name or type or size or date. Keep making smart lists.
DTs replicate feature is amazing at this point because you can start replicating files from the smart lists into the new folder structure.
I’ve usually do this slowly while playing archeologist on the previous set up, watching footage and old edits.
Somewhere in there you’ve learned what you’ve got, what’s been done and where it could go.