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SQL Server Best Practices

* Put the SQL database on a separate drive, not the C drive
** By default, SQL places the database in program files on C, but this is not a good location.  C drive is already busy handling the operating system, so best to put on a separate drive.
* Put SQL database on a separate physical drive
** This will provide best performance by not competing with the main OS drive running the SQL server program
* Always provide maximum RAM memory that you can provide
** Ram memory tends to be inexpensive and always best to have plenty of memory for SQL
** See this site for info on how or search for this info as it may change:  https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191144(v=sql.105).aspx
* More even more performance the following will give good cost performance benefits:
** Use SSD or fast drives if you need ultimate performance and speed
** Have a third drive for the temp table databases.  this could be SSD also for fast performance.