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  3. Section X. Storage (Capacity)
  4. Configuration of Host inventory
  5. Configure and edit host probes
  6. Best practices for Host Inventory File Analytics probes

Best practices for Host Inventory File Analytics probes

  • File Analytics should be configured to run daily for all hosts/servers.

  • Since most environments have hundreds, even thousands of hosts, it is recommended that File Analytics probes be configured in a staggered schedule so as not to overload the Data Collector server.

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