how many processors

[Coleman, Kelley (HAC)]

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?