According to the McAfee software installation guide, how many nodes are required to have a dedicated ePO server?

• A. 5000
• B. 750
• C. 250
• D. 1000

Answer: (C)

In McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator deployment planning, there is a guidance on when to dedicate an ePO server based on how many endpoints you manage. The threshold is about 250 nodes. This threshold matters because as the number of managed machines grows, the ePO server handles more tasks—policy deployment, content distribution, event processing, and reporting. Those activities place higher demand on CPU, memory, and the SQL database. Dedicating an ePO server isolates these management tasks from other roles, improving performance, reliability, and scalability. For environments with fewer than 250 nodes, a shared server can be acceptable, but as you approach or exceed 250, planning for a dedicated ePO server is recommended to maintain responsiveness and manageability.