Specifications

10

AnObjectDirectorywith5000usersand5000systemscouldbeexpectedtogrowasfollows:

TypicalGrowthof5000user/machineObjectDirectory  
Day DataSize ApproxDiskSpaceUsed
1 83MB 143MB
5 89MB 143MB
20 204MB 403MB
50 396MB 745MB
100 747MB 1050 MB
365 2455MB 3900 MB

Usersandsystemsarethemostprevalentobjecttypesinalargedatabase.Typically,oncreation,thesetypes
ofobjectstake4000bytes.Aday’sauditaddsaroundanadditional700bytesofdataperobject.Although
thesefiguresareverysmall,becauseofwastedspaceontheObjectDirectoryServer’sharddisk,th
eactual
disksizeoccupiedbytheObjectDirectorycanbe4xormorelarger.

VirtualServers
McAfeeEndpointEncryptionManagercanberunfromaVirtualServerforlowernumbersofEndpoints.
McAfeerecommendsphysicallydedicatedhardwareforhighnumbersofEndpoints.

Performanceofvirtualsystemsisdependentonmanyfactorsthatcansignificantlyaffecttheoverallproduct
performancewhencomparedtophysicallydedicatedhardware.High‐speeda
ccesstothedatawithinthe
ObjectDirectoryisrequiredandmustbecarefullyconsideredandevaluatedinaVirtualServerEnvironment.

CurrenttestingofVirtualServersrunningEEPCoperateswithinasetnumbersofdatabaseobjects.McAfee’s
experienceshowsthatperformancesissuearisingfromtheuseofVirtualServersisaresultof:

• Lackofresour
cesdedicatedtothevirtualserver.
• Dynamicallyassignedresourcestothevirtualserverwhichstarvesitofthenecessaryperformance
duringpeakperiods.
• Sloworreduceddiskaccess,resultinginasloweraccesstotheObjectDirectory.

McAfeesupportstheuseofVirtualServersrunningtheadministrativef
unctionalityofEEPCprovidedthe
appropriateresourcesarefullydedicatedtotheVirtualServeratalltimes.Ifperformanceproblemsare
experienced,theresourcesavailabletotheVirtualServerneedtobeincreased.Pleaserefertothe
recommendedserverspecificationsastheminimumresourcesfullyassi
gnedtotheVirtualServeratalltimes.
Theseresourcesapplytothespecificimage,andnottotheoverallresourcesofthehost.
CustomersneedtofollowtherecommendationsofMcAfeeSupportandraiseasupportticketfortheissues
relatedtoaVirtualServer.Theserecommendationscanvaryfromtwea
kingofserverandmachinesettingsas
specifiedinthisguideallthewaytomovingtheEEPCmanagementenvironmenttophysicalhardwareasalast
resortifnecessary.

ByengagingMcAfeeprofessionalservices,theywillassistyouinadequatelyscopingyourdeployment
hardwareneedsandcanrecommendabes
tpracticesapproach.

AsthetechnologyisevolvingandbetterVMfarmsarecomingonline,virtualhardwaresupportforgreater
numbersshouldbepossible.PleaseseeMcAfeeKB65747formoreinformation.

Thiswillbereviewedforthenextmajorrelease(version6.0ePOintegrated).

