On 23/06/2012, at 11:14 PM, Josh Baird wrote: > It seems like a waste to spend money on "NTP appliances," when you can build > an "enterprise quality" system using Linux (for free) in a matter of minutes. > We run three, and they have supported over 10k devices with zero problems > for over 5 years. It's not like ntpd is very resource intensive. > > Josh
Agreed - but there are also the political issues to consider - server (hosting team) vs. appliance (network team). Additionally, I have seen numerous CERT messages regarding ntpd over the last years. It is easy for *nix admins to support a free Linux environment, but unfortunately, some companies are moving away from *nix based operating systems - and as such would prefer an appliance. It is cheaper to buy 3 appliances than to hire 2 *nix admins to look after your 3 time servers for you. Am currently looking at: http://www.symmetricom.com/products/ntp-servers/ntp-network-appliances/SyncServer-S100/ http://www.endruntechnologies.com/gps-time-server.htm http://www.spectracomcorp.com/ProductsServices/TimingSynchronization/NetworkTimeServers/tabid/112/Default.aspx http://www.auroragrp.com/agi/ntp_appliance.html Regards Andrew _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
