In my company we're planning to setup a new (consolidated) SQL Server 2012 server (on Windows 2012 R2, VMWare). Current situation is there is a SQL Server 2000, a few SQL Server 2008 Express and a lot of Access databases. For the installation I'm wondering
what the best selections for the various installation paths are. Our infra colleagues (offshore) have the following standard partition setup for SQL Server servers:
C:\ OS
E:\ Application
L:\ Logs
S:\ DB
T:\ TEMPDB
And during the installation I have to make a choice for the following
Shared feature directory: x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
Shared feature directory (x86): x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
Instance root directory (SQL Server, Analysis Services, Reporting Services): x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
Database Engine Configuration Data Directories:
Data root directory: x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\
User database directory: x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.x\MSSQL\...
User database log directory: x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.x\MSSQL\...
Temp DB directory: x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.x\MSSQL\...
Temp DB log directory: x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.x\MSSQL\...
Backup directory: x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.x\MSSQL\...
Analysis Services Configuration Data Directories:
User database directory: x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.x\MSSQL\...
User database log directory: x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.x\MSSQL\...
Temp DB directory: x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.x\MSSQL\...
Temp DB log directory: x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.x\MSSQL\...
Backup directory: x:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.x\MSSQL\...
Distributed Replay Client:
Working Directory: x:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\DReplayClient\WorkingDir\
Result Directory: x:\Program Files (86)\Microsoft SQL Server\DReplayClient\ResultDir\
So I'd like some on assistance on the filling in the x drive letters. I understand it's best practice to seperate the data files and the logs files. But should that also be the case for TempDB? And should both the database and tempdb log files go to the same log paritition then? What about the backup directories? Any input is very much appreciated!
Btw, I followed the http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/basits-sql-server-tips/2012/06/23/sql-server-2012-installation-guide/ guide for the installation (Test server now).