Tim Bray wrote:
On 23/02/17 10:38, Rob Janssen wrote:
It depends on where the routing problems actually are. When the
problem is in some
transatlantic link, there is no issue for the server to be in European
pools.
Well, lets say you host a website. This website pays your bills.
You have 1 monitoring system, and it says your website is down sometimes.
So you blame the monitoring system, and install a second monitoring
system on another ISP. This always reports site up.
So you say `My website is up if either monitoring system thinks it is up`.
Well, then you are wrong, because actually what you are saying is.
`My website is up for half the internet, and down for half the
internet` For most people, that is a problem. Some people can't get
to your website.
(ok, there are some truly crap ISPs around with naff connectivity,
peering disputes, full ports, .... Can't be helped)
Does this apply to the pool?
NO
For NTP pool servers it is perfectly fine when they are reachable for half the
internet, and provided only to that half.
Rob
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