Recommendations for SQL Server and Hyper-V over SMB configurations

To ensure that your SQL Server and Hyper-V over SMB configurations are robust and operational, you need to be familiar with recommended best practices when configuring the solutions.

General recommendations

Separate application server files from general user data.
If possible, devote an entire Storage Virtual Machine (SVM) and its storage for the application server's data.
For best performance, do not enable SMB signing on SVMs that are used to store the application server's data.
Do not create continuously available shares on any shares other than those used in the Hyper-V or SQL Server over SMB configuration.
Disable change notify on shares used for continuous availability.
Do not perform a volume move at the same time as ARL because ARL has phases that pause some operations.
For Hyper-V over SMB solutions, use iSCSI drives when creating virtual machines or when adding disks to an existing virtual machine.