That is correct. The OS recognizes one of the new Xeons' as a dual proc. So if you bought a dual Xeon, it would look like a quad processor. Now whether it functions as well as a quad is a different discussion.
Shawn Faulkingham MCSE, CCNA, MCDBA Senior Network Engineer Indoff Incorporated 314.997.1122 -----Original Message----- From: Rick Leske [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Multi-processor mail server So for xeon processor's are you saying that the o/s handles the hyper threading? I always thought that the software had to be written to utilize this? tia, ~Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Gregg > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 11:50 AM - FamHost > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Multi-processor mail server > > > Imail doesn't make any determination or special use of multiple > processors. > The OS handles this activity. > > Regards, > > David Gregg > dgSoft Internet Services > Web hosting, Email outsourcing, Dedicated and shared infrastructure > solutions. > (949) 584-1514 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Nunziante" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:35 AM > Subject: [IMail Forum] Multi-processor mail server > > > > Good afternoon, > > > > We are about to upgrade our mail server from version 6 to version 8.01. > > According to the user's guide, enabling many of the anti-spam and > > anti-hack features will increase CPU utilization. The server we are > > using has a dual processor. > > > > Will IMail take advantage of both processors or use only one? > > Is it better to have one "fast" processor or two average processors when > > running IMail? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rich > > > ___________________________________________________________________ Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
