Enterprise Reporter Network Traffic impact assessment (4374146)

Enterprise Reporter Network Traffic impact assessment

is there a whitepaper or technical document that details the application communications for AD discoveries?
Needed to estimate the cumulative network load Enterprise reporter exerts on the network . The above information is required to perform a network impact assessment for Enterprise Reporter.

Were is a collection of information about network traffic for the Active Directory discovery and the primary concerns.
 
Overview of Enterprise Reporter Communications
https://support.quest.com/technical-documents/enterprise-reporter/3.5/installation-and-deployment-guide/3#TOPIC-1856056
 
Optimize Node Setup
https://support.quest.com/technical-documents/enterprise-reporter/3.5/installation-and-deployment-guide/15#TOPIC-1407081
 
Active Directory collections are sequential and create heavy network traffic as they query the domain controller so the network connection to the domain controller is a primary concern. Locating the node close to the domain controller is recommended. Choose a domain controller close to your node when you configure the discovery.
The CPU benchmarks of the node computer affect the threading capability so it is a secondary concern.
Typically, an organization with one domain only needs one node. Additional nodes usually only help optimize concurrent collection when there are multiple domains.
 
 
For further information to optimize the Enterprise Reporter please also refer to 
 
Best Practices for Creating Discoveries
https://support.quest.com/technical-documents/enterprise-reporter/3.5/configuration-manager-user-guide/17#TOPIC-1901601
 
AD Discovery: Decide what to collect from any domain in the discovery
https://support.quest.com/technical-documents/enterprise-reporter/3.5/configuration-manager-user-guide/25#TOPIC-1901630