File Analytics Data Collector Policies
File Analytics data collection can be configured in different ways, depending on the location of the files you want to profile in your enterprise. Determine which of the following approaches is relevant for your environment:
• Create a File Analytics Data Collector policy to configure a file shares probe. This Data Collector traverses the network CIFS shares to collect and categorize filesystem storage consumption metadata. This highly optimized traversal profiles unstructured data to enable you to identify storage that can be reclaimed. Use this for any CIFS share that is serving up files that you want to profile, regardless of manufacturer of the appliance.
• Host Discovery and Collection File Analytics Probe - This data collection option directly interrogates hosts’ attached storage to profile files. Configure a host probe for Windows (WMI Proxy) and Linux (SSH) collection of a host’s locally attached storage.