File System Analytics Scaling and Pefromance

[shocko]

I'm using Ontap C-Mode 9.8 and have a file share estate exposed as CIFS. It has over 89 million files. I'd like to enable file system analytics against it as per ONTAP File System Analytics: Better visibility for better storage management | NetApp Blog. I have some question though on scaling this:

• Can FSA handle this number of files?
• Where is the indexed data stored and do i have to be mindful of size?
• Can I monitor the FSA scan perfomance?

Also, can I consume this indexed data fomr other tools (PowerBI for exmaple) using the API?

[chenguanghui]

hello:

         The key to whether or not you can handle this amount of data is the performance of your hardware, and the following article will help you with some of the content

   https://docs.netapp.com/us-en/ontap/concept_nas_file_system_analytics_overview.html