Moving system databases to the default data and log paths

Recently I had to assess and tune quite a lot of SQL Server instances and one the things that are often overlooked is the location of the system databases. I often see instance where the system databases are located in the system drives under the SQL Server default installation path, which is bad for many reasons, especially for tempdb. I had to move the system databases so many times that I ended up coding a script to automate the process. [Read More]