Pre-Installation Setup > File Analytics Data Collector Policies
  
Version 9.2.00
File Analytics Data Collector Policies
 
File Analytics data collection can be configured in three 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:
CIFS Shares - 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.
NetApp Data Collector - File Analytics Activation - Use this option if you have NetApp storage systems for which you want to collect and profile files. This is the preferred method for CIFS collection on NetApp appliances.
Host Inventory - File Analytics Probe - This data collection option directly interrogates hosts’ attached storage to profile files.