McAfee ENDPOINT ENCRYPTION ENTERPRISE - BEST PRACTICES GUIDE Specifications download pdf (Page 6)

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SolutionArchitecture

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DesignPhilosophy

McAfeeEndpointEncryptionisaclient/serverapplicationdesignedtobeimplementedwithasimple,single

serverarchitecture.ThissingleserverhostsanencrypteddatabaseknownastheObjectDirectory,andruns

servicestoallowconnectionstothedatabasefromboththeEncryptedEndpointsandtheManagementCenter

applications.Communicationwiththeda

tabaseoccursinasecureway(detaileddescriptionsareprovidedin

theManagementCenterAdministrationGuide).Thissingleservercanhostallcomponentsofthe

ManagementCenter,eveninenterpriseenvironments.

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Whileitismostcommontoimplementtheproductwithasingleserver,therearealsootheroptions.The

compon

entsaremodularandareinstalledinadistributedway.Forexample,theWebHelpdeskcomponent

canbeinstalledonadedicatedwebserverwhiletherestofthecomponentsareonaseparateEndpoint

EncryptionServer.However,themajorityofourimplementationsaredonewithasingleserverbecausethisis

usuallyth

ebestapproach.

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NOTE:Thisguidehasallrecommendations,assumingasingleserverapproach.

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Whenreadingthefollowingsections‐eventhoughourrecommendationmaybetouseasingleserverwith

DirectAttachedStorage(DAS),avirtualserverwithNASbasedstorageisusableandwillhavesome

advanta

gesinyourenvironmentforsmallnumbersofendpointsorwithlimitedsynceventsandlimitedusers

perclient.However,weadviseagainstusingsuchimplementationsandrecommendyoudiscussyour

requirementswithMcAfeebeforeimplementation.

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IftheperformanceoftheMcAfeesolutionisbelowtheacceptablelimits,migratingtowa

rdsour

recommendationsissuretolendimprovement.

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