On 2011-12-06, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Mark C. Stephens > <ma...@non-stop.com.au> wrote: > >> Hi All, I am about to build a new NTP server for testing refclocks. >> >> I believe that BSD is recommended over Linux, which is recommended >> over Windows? >> >> Which is the *best* OS for an NTP server? > > Between BSD and Linux, it used to be that BSD was the winner for > precision timekeeping but new recent Linux comes with PPS in the > kernaland a nanosecond clock and is equal or BSD. But I suspect many > will say that BSD is still the more conservative option, it changes > slower and typically comes with less "stuff". Id go with BSD unless > you intend to do anything else with the computer
Choose the OS which: a) Provides the development environment you want / need for ref-clock testing b) Provides an acceptable level of performance on your hardware c) Is reasonably maintainable for _you_ -- Steve Kostecke <koste...@ntp.org> NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/ _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
