I am configuring SQL Server 2014 on a brand new server.
I have 238 GB available on C which is an SSD drive ans 1.81TB on D both raid 1.
The Server has 64GB with 8 cores.
This server is replacing an older server (8gb) which has no performance issues with only one small client using it for production.
I am planning to do the following:
(1) Put SQLserver and Analysis services application on D.
(2) Log files and backups on D.
(3) Databases and Temp DB on the SSD. (the DB is only 4 gb)
The question is Will that work or can anyone recommend a better configuration?
Here is some background information:
This SQL server application is resource hungry as it emulates a cube in real time so requests from the client to produce a one page report can involve thousands of reads and heavy use of the TempDB.
This one page report we use for performance checking (performance is linear and predictable) takes 60 seconds on a virtual server, 30 seconds on our old dedicated server with one user active. We assume the virtual server performance is due to throttling long running transactions.
The goal is to see how fast we can make this report execute using only hardware and configuration improvements. The rest of the system performance is excellent.