>> Why would they use this approach?
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>If there is a crash on the disk holding the .mdf and the backups and log are on other drives, providing the database have been set up and backed up properly, the database can then be restored to the exact point of the crash with no loss of data.
>If the log and/or backup is on the disk that crashed, that might not be possible.
This makes sense. But the DBA created two folders on the same drive. So if the drive crashes, both folder will be lost.
Thank you.
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