From the time I started as a DBA I was instructed that when installing SQL Server that the Databases etc, where to be laid out as follows:
E:Data - E:\Data
F:Logs - F:\Logs
G: Backup (and TempDB if we did not have a 4th drive) G:\Backup and G:TempDB (if needed)
H:TempDB (if we had 4th drive) H:\TempDB\Data and H:\TempDB\Log
I've always found this a very easy way to move around the folder to get to the files I am looking for, but my current employer using the Microsoft long paths for each of these drive, ie. Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQLnn.<InstanceID>\MSSQL\Data for the Data drive.
Is there some point I am missing as to why I would want such a long folder trail for my files?
Nancy
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