Which states: What happens if you remove this folder or delete its contents? I found this KB article:ĭescription of the Update Cache folder in SQL Server Initially I figured that it should be safe to remove the Log and Update Cache folders, but then I reckoned it best to first check to see if others have asked this and if so, what the answer(s) had been. Totals for those folders are (MB have been normalized to GB): Folder GB Files (all folders below reside within: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\ ) 110\Setup Bootstrap\Log - 1.18 GB (3,715 files)ġ10\Setup Bootstrap\Update Cache - 9.58 GB (14,766 files)ġ20\Setup Bootstrap\Log - 569 MB (2,963 files)ġ20\Setup Bootstrap\Update Cache - 5.74 GB (12,797 files)ġ30\Setup Bootstrap\Log - 448 MB (2,808 files)ġ30\Setup Bootstrap\Update Cache - 3.84 GB (8,579 files)ġ40\Setup Bootstrap\Log - 84.3 MB (687 files)ġ40\Setup Bootstrap\Update Cache - 937 MB (1,571 Files) (in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\) 110\Setup Bootstrap\Log - 91.8 MB (818 files)ġ10\Setup Bootstrap\Update Cache - 608 MB (2,382 files)
Across all versions there is actually quite a bit of space being taken up: I noticed the other day that there was a folder containing prior versions of files across updates (SPs, CUs).
I have several versions of SQL Server, used for testing, installed on my laptop (2012, 2014, 2016, and 2017).
