
There is no technical limit on how many nodes can be managed by one McAfee ePO server. The key
concept to remember about McAfee ePO servers is less is better. The fewer McAfee ePO servers you
have the easier it is to maintain your environment. There are many McAfee ePO server users with
200,000 nodes being managed by one server.
The theoretical limit of McAfee ePO servers in relationship to managed
nodes is even higher with the new Agent Handler technology added to
the ePolicy Orchestrator software version 4.5.
When choosing the operating systems for your servers, use 64-bit versions, where applicable, for
improved performance. This means the operating system for both the SQL Server application and SQL
database requires 64-bit versions where possible, if the hardware supports it.
The following sections offer hypothetical environments to provide some guidelines for organization size
and hardware requirements.
These example provide minimum requirements for hardware. McAfee
recommends you exceed these requirements to improve performance
and allow for growth, wherever possible.
The McAfee ePO server performance is determined by the SQL database, where the McAfee ePO server
data is stored. It is the main workhorse behind the McAfee ePO server application. The three items
that affect SQL performance are CPU, RAM, and disk performance. These three items control the
responsiveness of the McAfee ePO server application, from a SQL perspective. McAfee recommends
you exceed the minimum recommendations wherever possible.
The following table lists the hardware recommend for the various organization sizes.
Organization
size
Node
count
McAfee ePO server SQL Server
CPU
processors
RAM Hard
drive
CPU
processors
RAM Hard
drive
Small
100 – 5,000 2 4 GB 20 GB N/A N/A N/A
Medium
5,000 –
25,000
2 4 – 8 GB 20 – 40
GB
4 8 – 16
GB
100 GB
Large
25,000 –
75,000
4 8 –16
GB
20 – 40
GB
8 16 – 32
GB
150 GB
Very large
75,000 –
150,000
8 16 – 32
GB
40 – 80
GB
16 32 –
128 GB
300 GB
Small organization example
A small organization ranges from 100 to 5,000 nodes. You can reduce hardware costs by installing the
McAfee ePO server and SQL database on the same physical server for a small organization. This small
organization is easily managed by the McAfee ePO server and offers room for growth. You can also
have multiple McAfee products deployed in the environment like VirusScan Enterprise, Host Intrusion
Prevention, and Endpoint Encryption.
The hardware used for McAfee ePO server and SQL database must be up-to-date hardware with these
minimum requirements:
• Dual processor CPU
• 4 GB of RAM
• 20 GB of free hard drive space
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Determining the server hardware needed
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