Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gAKEA4T05769 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:10:04 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 209.68.248.164 Received: from newsfeed.cts.com (newsfeed.cts.com [209.68.248.164]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gAKEA3P05761 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:10:03 -0600 Received: from fatcity.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id CAA96428; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 02:53:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b72/bab) via UUCP id 005079F5; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:23:27 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 01:23:27 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: "chao_ping" Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: "chao_ping" Subject: Re: Running/Licensing Hyperthreaded Intel Pentium4 Xeon CPU's on Linu Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 72; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by orafaq.net id gAKEA4T05769 Orr, Steve, I am using Xeon MP as well on my DELL 6650 , and i have two nodes. I will patch my database next evening and later turn on the logical cpu feature on one node and leave the other node as it is. I will compare the cpu load/application responce time change and give you the feedback. Good luck Regards zhu chao Eachnet DBA 86-21-32174588-667 chao_ping@vip.163.com www.happyit.net www.cnoug.org(Chinese Oracle User Group) ======= 2002-11-18 14:25:00 ,you wrote£º======= >OK, I've got this new Dell Linux server with 4 "Hyperthreaded" Pentium4 Xeon >CPU's. There are 4 physical CPU's but with hyperthreading the O/S sees 8 >CPU's as is reported in top. I've installed Oracle on this machine and it >seems to run as if there really were 8 CPU's. Could that be true? Is there a >performance gain for Oracle? --As if I really did have 8 CPU's? How does >this work? For init.ora tuning parameters should I count the 4 physical >CPU's or the 8 virtual CPU's? Any reports on running Oracle/Linux on these >hyperthreaded Pentium4 Xeon CPU's? > >I'm afraid to ask Oracle about the licensing since they always answer with >the higher number. ;-) > > >Steve Orr >Bozeman, Montana >-- >Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >-- >Author: Orr, Steve > INET: sorr@rightnow.com > >Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com >San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: chao_ping INET: chao_ping@vip.163.com Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).