在远程计算机上读取事件日志的最快方法是什么？

I am working on an application which reads eventlogs(Application) from remote machines. I am making use of EventLog class in .net and then iterating on the Log entries but this is very slow. In some cases, some machines have 40000+ log entries and it takes hours to iterate through the entries. what is the best way to accomplish this task? Are there any other classes in .net which are faster or in any other technology?I am working on an application which reads even