Dell InsightIQ 4.3.0.0 User Guide

File System Analytics result set snapshots

You can configure whether InsightIQ generates File System Analytics result sets from snapshots or the live file system. If you generate result sets from snapshots, the monitored cluster creates snapshots specifically for InsightIQ.

Generating result sets from snapshots enables you to view data that represents an exact point in time. However, it requires the monitored cluster to create snapshots, which consume cluster resources. Generating result sets from the live file system consumes less cluster resources; however, because the live file system is constantly changing, results sets generated from the live file system do not represent an exact point in time.