Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Administration

Configuring server and client startup options

Table E–1 lists recommended startup parameter settings for both server and client that can improve both performance and overall execution.

Table E–1: Optimal settings for server or client startup parameters

Startup parameter	Value	Description
-baseADE	""	Procedure libraries added to the PROPATH in the initialization (.ini) file (on the client).
-Bt	512	Buffer size for temp-tables.
-D	500	Directory size.
-l	1000	Local buffer size.
-mmax	65534	Maximum memory.
-nb	150	Nested blocks.
-s	128	Stack size.
-T	/tmp	Directory to store temporary files.
-TB	31	Speed sort.
-TM	32	Merge number.

For more information on these startup parameters, see OpenEdge Deployment: Startup Command and Parameter Reference . You can also find this information online at the following Web site:

http://www.progress.com/products/documentation/index.ssp

You can also improve performance by taking these actions:

If your databases reside on the same machine as the AppServer, use direct database connections instead of networked connections on the server process. For example, in the server icfconfig.xml file, use:

<cConnectParams>-db /apps/database/icfdb/icfdb.db</cConnectParams>

instead of using:

<cConnectParams>-db icfdb –H localhost –S icfdb</cConnectParams>

For any procedure libraries in the PROPATH, put them in the optimum order.
Do not put src on the PROPATH of the server or the client. Put only gui or tty and the procedure libraries on the PROPATH. You can set the PROPATH in the .ini file on the client and in the ubroker.properties file on the server (using the Progress Explorer tool).

For example, on the client you might specify this PROPATH in dynamics.ini:

PROPATH=.,/dyn21a/gui,/dyn21a/gui/adecomm.pl,/dyn21a/gui/adecomp.pl,/dy n21a/gui/adedesk.pl,/dyn21a/gui/adedict.pl,/dyn21a/gui/adeedit.pl,/dyn2 1a/gui/adeicon.pl,/dyn21a/gui/aderes.pl,/dyn21a/gui/adeshar.pl,/dyn21a/ gui/adetran.pl,/dyn21a/gui/adeuib.pl,/dyn21a/gui/adeweb.pl,/dyn21a/gui/ adexml.pl,/dyn21a/gui/prodict.pl,/dyn21a/gui/protools.pl,/dyn21a/gui/dy namics

On the server, you might specify this PROPATH in ubroker.properties:

PROPATH=.,/dyn21a/tty/dynamics,/dyn21a/tty,/dyn21a/tty/adecomm.pl,/dyn2 1a/tty/adecomp.pl,/dyn21a/tty/adeedit.pl,/dyn21a/tty/adeshar.pl, /dyn21a/tty/prodict.pl