2.6 Develop a Plan for Deploying the Agents for Scanning

Target System to be Scanned

Agent can be Installed Locally?

Potential Proxy Agents

Windows

Yes

AgentFS

Network Attached Storage (NAS) Device (CIFS-based)

No

AgentFS

Microsoft 365 cloud

Yes

Not applicable

When you decide whether to install the Agent locally on a Windows server, or to have the Agent service run through a proxy, be aware of the following:

  • Locally installed Agents perform scans faster than proxy-based Agents.

  • Locally installed Agents share CPU and memory resources with other software running on the system. If a server is already constrained for resources, consider using a proxy instead of installing the Agent locally.