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Typically, you can enhance SQL Server performance by placing the database and transaction log files on separate drives. Read I/O for database files is typically random while the I/O for the transaction log is typically sequential. Table 5 lists the storage specifications for the Hyper-V cluster and the SQL Server databases.
Table 5. Storage specifications
Storage specification |
Number of volumes |
Size of each volume |
Hyper-V cluster |
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Clustered shared volume for hosting VMs |
1 |
2 TB |
Quorum volume |
1 |
1 GB |
SQL Server database servers |
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SQL Server datafile |
1 |
1 TB |
SQL Server log file |
1 |
500 GB |
tempdb |
1 |
200 GB |
Quorum volume (guest clustering) |
1 |
1 GB |