Maarten Wiltink wrote:
> "Spoon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
>>Maarten Wiltink wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
>>When you say that the clock in a server next to a door will wander a
>>lot, are you referring to the effects of the sudden temperature swing
>>when a cold draft comes in the server room?
<snip>
>>
>>Does this mean that the maximum rate of change is 15 µs per second?
> 
> 
> No, that's something else, probably the worst-case estimate for how
> fast synchronisation deteriorates between server polls. But that's no
> more than a guess.
> 
> The number I mean is the 500PPM cap on the observed drift that NTP will
> accept before giving up. You can't change that without recompiling, IIAMN.
> 
> Groetjes,
> Maarten Wiltink
> 
> 

500PPM is the limit to the rate at which the clock can be slewed in most 
operating systems.  Recompiling will not help.  Modifying the O/S kernel 
and rebuilding the kernel MIGHT help. (I've never heard of anyone having 
done this.)  If the system is that badly broken it's probably easier to 
have the hardware repaired.



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