Agent-less Paradigm in eDiscovery

Agent-less Paradigm
The agent-less centric approach does not require the time consuming deployment and installation of an application on all information sources. With agent-less discovery, the eDiscovery solution is deployed in the corporate network, auto-discovers all data sources available, and commences information discovery. The ubiquity of agent-less eDiscovery capability is that it leaves no stone unturned to provide corporations with a holistic information management view, which provides corporations with the must complete and defensible information possible. With the agent-less approach, laptop and desktop users cannot disable the discovery process, as in the agent centric approach. With agent-less search, there are no compatibility issues to threaten the operational health of critical systems. The downside to the agent-less approach is that the discovery process is conducted by the eDiscovery the servers alone, which typically reduces performance and scalability of the eDiscovery process. Another challenge with agent-less approach is the inability to search and preserve “Live and Locked” files due to file system permission settings.

Agent-less Benefits
• Rapid Deployment – no agents deployment
• Auto-discovery of sources
• Network controlled – no user termination capability
Agent-less Challenges
• Performance
• Scalability
• Live and Locked File access