"Martin Burnicki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] > However, using exactly 2 NTP servers is a bad choice. If the 2 servers > disagree on the right time (for whatever reason) then the clients are > unable to decide which of the servers to follow.
This is true under the assumption that both are configured with independent external time sources. However, if one is designated the backup and only takes its time from the primary, the clients will only ever believe it if the primary is unreachable. Care should be taken not to configure both with local clocks at the same stratum, since that will un-break the assumption again if the primary loses its time sources. The secondary should have the local clock driver at a stratum two worse than the primary. Not configuring local clocks is always an option, however, I think it is usually more desireable to have an isolated flock drift away together, with a single disconnected source, rather than all of them drifting at random. Groetjes, Maarten Wiltink _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
