If you have 2 single core processors and hyper threading is enabled, you will see 4 CPUs of information in /proc/cpuinfo. If you have 2 dual core processors and hyper threading is enabled, you will see 8 CPUs of information in /proc/cpuinfo. ---- Jack Allen -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Coleman, Kelley (HAC) Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 1:19 PM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: RE: how many processors They must be two physical dual-core processors, right? Do you need to know the distinction for server maintenance purposes? Kelley Coleman > -----Original Message----- > On Behalf Of Dana Holland > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:12 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > > How can you tell how many processors a server has? I always thought > that you could look in /proc/cpuinfo, but we recently had a Dell tech > here that said that was incorrect. One of my servers shows 4 processors > in cpuinfo, but he said the box only has 2. So, what is the correct way > to tell? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
