Is it a case of DUAL Core processors? ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ram Raman Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 1:50 AM To: Dennis Williams Cc: oracle-l Subject: Re: One simple question Here is the output: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- PROMPT% /usr/sbin/psrinfo -v Status of processor 8 as of: 08/29/06 15:15:31 Processor has been on-line since <time>. The sparcv9 processor operates at <speed> MHz, and has a sparcv9 floating point processor. Status of processor 9 as of: 08/29/06 15:15:31 Processor has been on-line since <time>. The sparcv9 processor operates at <speed> MHz, and has a sparcv9 floating point processor. Status of processor 10 as of: 08/29/06 15:15:31 Processor has been on-line since <time>. The sparcv9 processor operates at <speed> MHz, and has a sparcv9 floating point processor. Status of processor 11 as of: 08/29/06 15:15:31 Processor has been on-line since <time>. The sparcv9 processor operates at <speed> MHz, and has a sparcv9 floating point processor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- On 8/29/06, Dennis Williams <oracledba.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Ram, Try /usr/sbin/psrinfo -v Dennis Williams On 8/29/06, Ram Raman <veeeraman@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: I am little confused here. I tried to find out the number of CPUs using cpu_count, I get 8. When I do mpstat I get 4 rows. Am I missing something here? Solaris 8. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------- ATTACHMENT: SQL> show parameter cpu_count NAME TYPE VALUE ------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------ cpu_count integer 8 SQL> exit Disconnected from Oracle9i Enterprise Edition Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production With the Partitioning, OLAP and Oracle Data Mining options JServer Release 9.2.0.6.0 - Production PROMPT% mpstat CPU minf mjf xcal intr ithr csw icsw migr smtx srw syscl usr sys wt idl 8 23 3 223 38 27 320 4 18 10 3 5 10 3 3 84 9 24 4 101 10 3 327 4 18 9 3 28 11 2 3 83 10 24 3 601 87 80 322 4 17 10 3 28 10 3 3 84 11 24 3 59 32 25 319 4 17 9 3 31 11 3 3 84 PROMPT% uname -r 5.8 ==================================================== **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS***