Specifications

Manage fewer than 5,000 nodes
If you have fewer than 5,000 nodes to manage with the McAfee ePO server, disk configuration is rarely
an issue. Use your normal procedure for configuring the disks on the server. Typically assign individual
disks to the:
• Operating system
• McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator
• SQL database
If you are using RAID for redundancy then any form of RAID is adequate and most organizations use
RAID 5 as a standard. The following example shows this typical disk configuration.
Disk partition and RAID configuration for fewer than 5,000 nodes
Manage 5,000 to 25,000 nodes
If you have 5,000 to 25,000 nodes to manage with the McAfee ePO server, and you use one physical
server for the McAfee ePO server and the SQL Server, then you must provide a physical disk for the:
• Operating system
• McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator
• SQL database
McAfee recommends you use RAID 1 and RAID 10 for this configuration instead of the standard RAID
5, especially if you use one physical server for both the McAfee ePO server and the SQL Server. The
following example shows this RAID disk configuration.
Disk partition and RAID configuration for 5,000 to 25,000 nodes
Manage 25,000 to 75,000 nodes
If you have 25,000 to 75,000 nodes to manage with the McAfee ePO server, use two separate servers.
For the McAfee ePO server, use:
• RAID 1 for the operating system
• RAID 10 for the ePO application
For the SQL Server, use:
ePolicy Orchestrator product architecture
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