Maximum Servers Per Broker (-Mpb)
- Last Updated: February 11, 2026
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- OpenEdge
- Version 13.0
- Documentation
Use Maximum Server Per Broker (-Mpb) to specify the maximum number of
servers that multiple brokers can start to serve remote users for any one protocol.
| Operating system and syntax | UNIX / Windows |
-Mpb
n
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use with | Maximum value | Minimum value | Single-user default | Multi-user default |
| Database Server | 32000 | 0 | — | 0 |
- n
- The number of servers multiple brokers can start.
The Maximum Servers Per Broker (-Mpb)
parameter may be modified while your database is online using PROMON or through the
_DbParams VST. This change will only take effect on the primary broker and its servers.
Online changes to existing secondary brokers will require a restart.
For more information, see Manage the OpenEdge Database.