Media Directory Structure
This is a simple diagram of what my media directory currently looks like, mostly for reference because I CRS.
/mnt/media/
├── dump ← Container backups
├── templates ← Container template storage
├── movies ← Final destination (Radarr)
├── music ← Final destination (Lidarr)
├── tv ← Final destination (Sonarr)
├── books ← Final destination (Readarr)
├── qbit/
│ ├── downloads/
│ │ ├── books ← Readarr category via qBittorrent
│ │ ├── movies ← Radarr category via qBittorrent
│ │ ├── music ← Lidarr category via qBittorrent
│ │ ├── software ← Optional torrents
│ │ └── tv ← Sonarr category via qBittorrent
│ └── tmp ← Temporary files
├── nzb/
│ ├── books ← Readarr category via NZBGet
│ ├── movies ← Radarr category via NZBGet
│ ├── music ← Lidarr category via NZBGet
│ ├── queue ← Active downloads (MainDir/queue)
│ ├── scripts ← Post-processing scripts
│ ├── software ← Optional NZB category
│ ├── tmp ← Temp downloads
│ └── tv ← Sonarr category via NZBGet
I found that this provided sufficient separation of content and working directories for the *arrs so they did not complain. Set yours up how you want and do what works for you!