You are running an NTFS Discovery against a number of shares and it takes a very long time (days) to complete
Possibly collecting the same shares multiple times.
Configuration settings for the Discovery
Ensure you are not collecting against the same shares multiple times. For example, you have added the following to the Scope of your NTFS Discovery:
Share4 is a DFS root that contains Share1, Share2 and Share3. By explicitly adding all of the shares to the scope, ER is collecting the same data multiple times
Also ensure the shares specified are not located on remote hosts over WAN links. If so, consider creating a seperate Discovery with a node that is local to the server where the data resides.
Under the Scope of the Discovery, if you select to 'Collect group members' it can increase the amount of time for the Discovery to run significantly. If you are also licensed for Enterprise Reporter for Active Directory, running an AD collection will populate the group members for any AD groups eliminating the need to collect group members during the NTFS Discovery.
In addition Collecting Folder and File permissions as well as selecting to 'Calculate differences between folder, subfolders and file permissions can increase the Discovery time. If these options are not required for your reporting needs, disable them and run the Discovery again.
ER 3.0 will contain enhancement that will help improve the performance and collection times when gathering NTFS data.
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