never see it as a war - that indicates conflict which is a negative. However, that said I have a xmas mailing list to recieve  The Muppets Wizard of Oz dvd ( aplogies if the references are obscure or don't translate well !! )

I give an excellent example :- Company builds new servers with C: drive = 10Gb, D: drive = 2GB ( all on primary drive ) remainder of disk unallocated. Page file sits on C: drive. Server with 4Gb ram, sql2005 install ( binaries on C: drive ) almost entire C: drive full - alerts raised as under 25% free space. 60Gb unallocted space on primary drive ( or 24 depending on 36 / 72 )

I suggest we increase C: and D: drive to 50% each of disk space, maybe put binaries on D: and keep page file on C: ( isn't actually what I prefer but hey not my issue )

Answer from "Management"  - "nice idea , but, doesn't fit with company build standard"  - what can you do ?