Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Startup Command and Parameter Reference

Maximum Servers (-Mn)

Use Maximum Servers (-Mn) to limit the number of remote user servers that can be started by the broker process.

Operating system and syntax	UNIX Windows	-Mn n
Use with	Maximum value	Minimum value	Single-user default	Multi-user default
Database Server	512	1	–	4

n

The maximum number of remote client servers that can be started on the system.

The performance tradeoff to consider is swapping overhead for many servers versus overloading (slowing down) a server with too many clients. For more information on controlling memory use, see OpenEdge Data Management: Database Administration .

This parameter pertains only to multi-user versions of Progress that use shared memory. In addition, this parameter applies only to databases that are accessed from remote network nodes.

Also, use Minimum Clients per Server (-Mi) to adjust the actual number of servers in use. See the Maximum Clients Per Server (-Ma) and Minimum Clients per Server (-Mi) startup parameters for more information.