156-835 · Question #48
What is the max amount of Orchestrators in Dual-site setup?
The correct answer is D. 4. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
What is the max amount of Orchestrators in Dual-site setup?
Options
- A2 per Security Group
- B4 per Security Group
- C2
- D4
How the community answered
(22 responses)- A14% (3)
- B5% (1)
- C5% (1)
- D77% (17)
Community Discussion
8
Carlos M.Jun 19, 2026The answer is D, 4. In a Maestro dual-site setup you have two physical sites, and each site supports a maximum of 2 Orchestrators, so the ceiling across the whole dual-site deployment is 2 plus 2, which gets you to 4 total. Option A trips people up because "2 per Security Group" sounds reasonable if you are only thinking about a single-site configuration, but once you go dual-site that per-site limit of 2 doubles. Options B and C are just wrong numbers for this topology. Keep that site-by-site math in your head and this one is straightforward on exam day.
Ola B.Jun 20, 2026Solid breakdown, and if you want that 2-per-site ceiling to stick permanently, spin up a Maestro sandbox and actually try adding a third Orchestrator to one site, because watching the system reject it is worth more than ten flashcards.
Grace U.May 29, 2026D is correct, dual-site allows up to 4 Orchestrators to support cross-site redundancy.
Carlos M.May 29, 2026Right, but those 4 Orchestrators split 2 per site, so misconfigured inter-site IPC links can still leave you with a split-brain scenario even when the count is correct.
Ola B.Jun 12, 2026Thought it was C until I remembered site redundancy doubles the count to 4 total.
Carlos M.Jun 14, 2026Right, and the key word in that objective is "site" not "location," so if you see a question about minimum sites for RAID-level protection across data centers, keep that 2x2 logic in mind.
Wesley A.Jun 8, 2026Took me a second on this one during my first attempt because I jumped to C thinking "dual-site, two sites, so two Orchestrators" and moved on without thinking it through. That cost me. In a dual-site setup you get up to 4 Orchestrators total, not 2, because each site supports up to 2 Orchestrators and you have 2 sites, so the ceiling is 4 across the whole setup. The "2 per Security Group" option is the sneakiest distractor because it sounds like something Check Point would say, but the question is asking about the dual-site maximum specifically, not a per-group limit. On my second sitting I actually remembered missing this and slowed down long enough to think through the math, picked D with confidence, and it was one of the questions I knew for certain I got right this time.
Carlos M.Jun 9, 2026Good breakdown, and I'd add that burning the "2 per Security Group" distractor into your head as a wrong-answer flag is worth it because Check Point loves to reuse that phrasing in different contexts where it IS the right answer, so the trick is recognizing when the question shifts from per-group scope to dual-site totals.