Hi,
I am currently working on automating the SQL Server 2014 install which also allows customers to choose a non-default install path for SQL Server, which would be the /INSTANCEDIR switch according this link: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144259.aspx
However, I also noticed that the switches /INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR and /INSTALLSHAREDDIR paths could also change.
My question is as follows:
If the user specifies a non-default, different drive path SQL install location, such as E:\ABC, could I leave the /INSTALLSHAREDDIR and /INSTALLSHAREDWOWDIR switches as is, or for better performance do I need to change that to E:\ also? If I do change it to E:\ do I assume it needs to be assigned to E:\program files and E:\program files (x86) respectively or could I assign it to the same /INSTANCEDIR switch path?
Thanks in advance.
Bahadir