Specifications

Medium organization example

A medium organization ranges from 5,000 to 25,000 nodes. A single McAfee ePO server can easily

manage this size organization with properly placed repositories to update content and software to the

agents.

As your node count approached 25,000 nodes, McAfee recommends that you separate the McAfee ePO

server and SQL Servers on their own physical servers. If hardware is limited, the McAfee ePO server

and SQL Servers can reside on the same physical server, but McAfee recommends that you increase

the hardware size as much as possible.

The minimum McAfee ePO server and SQL hardware recommended to manage this medium size

organization is:

• Quad processor CPU

• 8 – 16 GB of RAM

• 100 GB of hard drive space if ePO and SQL database reside on the same hardware

Large organization example

A large organization ranges from 25,000 to 75,000 nodes. A single McAfee ePO server can manage the

reporting of all McAfee products in the environment with properly placed repositories to update

content and software to the agents. In a large organization, the McAfee ePO server and SQL Server

must reside on separate physical hardware due to the amount of processing that occurs on the SQL

database.

The minimum McAfee ePO server hardware recommended to manage this large size organization is:

• Quad processor CPU

• 8 – 16 GB of RAM

• Disk space is not a concern since all the data is stored in the SQL database

The minimum SQL Server hardware recommended to manage this large size organization is:

• 4 or 8 processors

• 16 to 32 GB of RAM

• At least 150 GB of space for the SQL database

For example, as you approach managing 75,000 nodes, use the highest performance server hardware.

Your SQL Server needs 8 processors and 32 GB of RAM.

Very large organization example

A very large organization ranges from 75,000 to 150,000 nodes. This size organization is reaching the

limits of the McAfee ePO SQL Server, use the highest performance hardware you can afford.

The minimum McAfee ePO server hardware recommended to manage this very large organization is:

• 8 processors

• 16 – 32 GB of RAM

• Disk space is not a concern since all the data is stored in the SQL database

The minimum SQL Server hardware recommended to manage this very large organization is:

ePolicy Orchestrator product architecture

Determining the server hardware needed

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ePolicy Orchestrator

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