Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
Database Administration

Number of Users (-n)

Operating system and syntax	UNIX Windows	-n n
Use with	Maximum value	Minimum value	Single-user default	Multi-user default
DBS	10,000	–	–	20

n

The maximum number of OpenEdge users on the system. After n users have connected to the OpenEdge database, additional user startup attempts are rejected.

-n must be high enough to include local and remote users as well as background writers (APWs, BIWs, and AIWs), PROWDOG processes, and PROMON sessions.

See the "Maximum Clients per Server (-Ma)" section and the "Maximum Servers (-Mn)" section for more information.