I know most of you changed the location of your IIS websites from C: to D:, but I wanted to stress the point in a chance it helps anyone else. When my VPS was handed over, the IIS files were on the C:. I knew that HMS stated to move the data over to the D: drive but I wonder if *possibly* having it setup on C: reduced disk I/O from web and database requests (having each on a separate disk).

To test if this was the case I used the Web Application Stress tool from Microsoft to test out the server performance. Initially, the tool reported back that I the server was able to handle roughly 5 requests/second. After moving the files to D: it jumped up to 90 requests/second.

I know HMS states to move your data to D:, but I just thought I would post this just in case someone forgot to change the default location.

Good Tip! Thanks for the info.