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Best practice agent or probe scan

Hi Guys,


whats the best practive install the agent on all our devices or use the scan probe.

how much data does it use ?


Kind Regards,


David

Best Answer

Hi David,


If you are a windows shop, then I would recommend Agent Deployment.  You can push agent via GPO

https://support.freshservice.com/support/solutions/articles/199849-installing-discovery-agent-win-in-a-domain-using-gpo-


Probe scan be used for network devices.


As far as I know, bandwidth consumption is very minimal. I dont have any stats around it but we havent received any complaints around it.


Regards,

Ramesh

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Hi David,


If you are a windows shop, then I would recommend Agent Deployment.  You can push agent via GPO

https://support.freshservice.com/support/solutions/articles/199849-installing-discovery-agent-win-in-a-domain-using-gpo-


Probe scan be used for network devices.


As far as I know, bandwidth consumption is very minimal. I dont have any stats around it but we havent received any complaints around it.


Regards,

Ramesh

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