Based on your disk configuration, the default location for the DHCP Server database and audit logs may not be sufficient. In any case, you are better off moving these paths off of the system drive, especially if you have multiple disks on the server. In a high-load scenario, disk access to the DHCP database can have an impact on DHCP response times. If you can move the database and logs to a separate disk, the DHCP Server won’t compete with the operating system to access the filesystem.

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