Agree, I will adjust the shadow copy settings as suggested.  Thanks all your help!!!!

I forgot all about that.  It's strange that I Shadow Copies disables for all the drives.  While reviewing the shadowstorage allocation for drive F:, I presume shadow copies is currently...

Agree, but look at the significant difference in processing time between Feb and March 2018, and then again between March 2018 to 21APR2018.  I am just wondering why such a...

Okay, I will probably leave it with the NIC team as is.  Thanks.

No clustering.  Also, this installation is a physical server.

1.  Do you have the commands/steps necessary to format both disks (D: for datafiles and E: for logfiles)?  I want to make sure its done right before proceeding.  This would...

I reviewed the ramdisk link, and SuperCache seems be a more reliable solution.  Also, under Server Solutions - Database, it does mention tempdb, but not specific to any of their...

Referencing your statement "SSDs can report on remaining life at any time. Is your host going to be on Mars or somewhere you can't replace a drive if things...

I understand not all disks will operate without issue over a 6 to 7 year period regardless of the  drive type (HHD or SSD).  That's why we're employing RAID10 SSD...