On 2007-06-08, Richard B. Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Boolootian wrote:
>> I'm a simple-minded dweeb looking to provide campus systems with >> reasonably accurate clocks. If campus system clocks are within, say, >> two seconds of one another, they'll probably let me keep my job. >> >> I've rummaged through the docs and mailing list, but I haven't really >> found an answer to this "good enough" kind of question. At the moment, >> I have a pair of NTP stratum 1 appliances, one GPS, the other CDMA. <snip> >> What I'd like to know is, given my desire for sub-two seconds of >> accuracy (am i using the correct term for what i want?) am I good >> enough to just point clients at the stratum 1 pair? > > You're probably okay just pointing the whole campus to your two > servers. In which case you must ensure that these two servers stay in relatively close synchronization. With only two servers of equal strata the clients will not have a clear best choice. If the servers drift too far apart you could have cases of inter-client offsets exceeding your stated accuracy. -- Steve Kostecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/ _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
