The Safend Auditor Scanning Method and Network bandwidth information
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How does the Safend Auditor scan target computers and what is the scan's impact on the network?
Lösung
The Safend Auditor software is configured to scan multiple computers on a single network simultaneously, through WMI or SetupAPI protocols, as defined by the user via Settings-> Scan Protocol.
This is done by allocating a different thread for each machine to be scanned.
By default the Auditor opens 10 threads in order to perform the scan, thus scanning 10 machines at the same time.
This value can be changed by editing the registry value NumThreads, located under: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARESafendAuditor.
Audit Bandwidth:
In general when scanning a single machine the amount of data transferred from the machine is approximately 300KB ,depending on the number of devices that were previously connected to that machine up until the scan.
The network bandwidth taken up by a scan, is in direct proportion to the number of machines that are being scanned simultaneously.
It is important to note that while the accumulated bandwidth from scanning across multiple machines simultaneously may appear to be large, the actual effect on the network is relatively small.
This is due to the fact, that audit information is sent to the auditor in bursts, taking up short amounts of time.
Quelle: Safend FAQ KB00000090 - The Safend Auditor Scanning Method and Network bandwidth information