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During the installation of a FileFly Agent, you must choose Choose whether to install an "Agent for Migration" or a "Gateway Agent" during the installation of a FileFly Agent. This is the essential difference:

  • Agent for Migration

    moves

    - Moves files from a data source (server) to a target destination (storage); an agent must be installed on every server

    that you plan

    planning to migrate data from.

  • Gateway Agent

    acts

    - Acts as a proxy between FileFly Migration agents and the destination storage location

    ; this

    . This provides access to Swarm and CloudScaler destinations when direct access

    isn't

    is not possible

    .

    .

Note that : the Gateway Agent does not migrate data. Use a Gateway Agent only when it 's is not possible for a server running a Migration Agent to have direct access to the destination storage. Examples of this include:

  • You use a

    A dedicated proxy is used to connect to a cloud-based endpoint.

  • Your

    The destination storage (e.g., Swarm Storage) is on another network segment, and it

    's

    is not desirable to have the source server connected directly to the destination storage network.

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Best practice

Review your the requirements for network connectivity between FileFly sources and destinations before making your the agent installation choices.

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