----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Bray" <[email protected]> > I think it is a good idea for lists of servers to be automatically checked.
(^^ this ^^) There are definitely use cases for both a static list of sources and various pool setups, and I won't try to proclaim one better than the other, since they are just different. I participate in the public pool at home and run a private internal pool system for work for geo-redundancy of time service and performance over a national footprint. Both are useful in different ways. Perhaps they can benefit from each other, though... Regardless of if/when the list of sources on the static ntp.org web list is altered, or the policy around it changed, why not simply run a copy of the monitoring system that Ask implemented for the pools on the staticly listed sources with some kind of lightweight red/yellow/green indicator on the list page to make the decision process for potential users easier. A little bit of sorting capability (i.e. sort by stratum, sort by score, sort by latency ,etc.) might make the list more functional, but not have to fundamentally alter anything the participating orgs have already agreed to. > BTW, I'd be happy to host some kind of timeserver. If anybody has a > suggestion for an atomic/GPS clock that I can fit in my server room. > I've easy access to outside for an antenna and a 100M leased line. I've > got a USB GPS, but I suspect that won't be good enough. Tim, you can make a pretty decent one for < $100-US that will fit just about anywhere. Perhaps not appropriate for commercial use, but quite suitable for a public pool or other "freely offered" consumption. http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/Raspberry-Pi-NTP.html Dan Geist - dan(@)polter.net _______________________________________________ pool mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/pool
