On 4/22/2011 5:48 AM, Roger wrote:
On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:32:21 -0400, "Richard B. Gilbert"
<[email protected]> wrote:
One server: if it fails you have nothing!
Two servers: If the two differ, which one do you believe?
Three servers: degenerates too easily to the two server case.
Four servers: Allows the failure of one server.
Five servers: Allows the failure of two.
Seven servers: Allows the failure of three.
I've seen these number quoted before and I don't understand
the last one. Why doesn't 6 allow for the failure of 3? Why
doesn't 7 allow for the failure of 4? Assuming that this
wasn't a mistake in the dim and distant past which keeps
on being repeated what am I missing?
You might try Professor Mills' book on NTP
"Computer Network Time Synchronization: The Network Time Protocol on
Earth and in Space, Second Edition [Hardcover]"
David L. Mills
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I suspect that the math is a little heavy for most people. The price
may also be a little heavy for most people but if you want to get it
"from the horse's mouth" it's the authoritative source.
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