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&gt;&gt; What is a best practice for sql server 2008 installation path for shared features directory?<br />
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Better install those set of things in the System drive itself. Make sure that User databases and tempdb are installed in another physical drives.<br />
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&gt;&gt;&nbsp;Is it better to install it on different disk than the OS or does it matter for performance?<br />
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For performance, you can install it in the system drive as mentioned earlier.
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>> What is a best practice for sql server 2008 installation path for shared features directory?

Better install those set of things in the System drive itself. Make sure that User databases and tempdb are installed in another physical drives.

>> Is it better to install it on different disk than the OS or does it matter for performance?

For performance, you can install it in the system drive as mentioned earlier.

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Can you explain the reason to install the shared feature on the system drive?<br />
I heard something about it can slow your sql databases when both windows and sql master database is on the same drive because they compete for read/writes to disk, is this true? Or this only depends when you don´t move the tempdatabase?<br />

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Can you explain the reason to install the shared feature on the system drive?
I heard something about it can slow your sql databases when both windows and sql master database is on the same drive because they compete for read/writes to disk, is this true? Or this only depends when you don´t move the tempdatabase?


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Thank you for the help. Best regards Vladan
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Thank you for the help. Best regards Vladan

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Welcome and glad to help you out.
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