"Cal Webster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] [...] > What's the best way to determine which of our NTP servers provides the > best local clock?
First order: reset drift (delete all their drift files), synchronise their watches, let them run for a few days, and see which one has drifted least. Correct for drift. This depends on how well you can put them all in the same starting state by hand, and on the time source you use to measure drift at the end. You can correct for the former by waiting longer. You _cannot_ outwit your dependency on the latter. Second order: after the previous procedure, they should all drift very little, and no one significantly more than any other. The one that stays closest to that time source you're comparing against has 'the best local clock'. This depends mostly on temperature stability. Groetjes, Maarten Wiltink _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
