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> -----Original Message----- > From: questions-bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal....@lists.ntp.org > [mailto:questions- > bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal....@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of > David Woolley > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 8:13 AM > To: questions@lists.ntp.org > Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation? > > Mischanko, Edward T wrote:> > > The particular client I am monitoring is on an extremely stable > corporate > > LAN. The servers are on the same LAN. Changes in network propagation > > are minimal. > > On the other hand, it is on Windows, which doesn't have very stable time > measurement. > > > > > The 8 stage minimum delay filter is exactly what I am seeing and exactly > > what I would like to disable. When polling above 256 seconds the amount > > of time it takes to make an adjustment is excessive. Setting maxpoll to > > 8 does help, but that defeats what server administrators like to have to > > reduce loading, on a grand scheme. > > Defeating this will not have a large effect if you really do have very > consistent measurement errors, as the polling over samples compared with > the needs of the loop filter. If measurement errors are variable, it > will degrade the performance. > > > > I am not sure what jitter will do, but what good is low jitter at the > > expense of poor offset correction? > > > Increased jitter means that your offset measurements span a wider range > of values. > > I think you need to provide: > > 1) a tabulation of the raw offset values, including signs; > 2) an analysis of the breakdown of errors between the crystal frequency, > Windows load related errors, and network load related error. > > It is important to understand that offset is time error + measurement > error, and in the steady state, measurement error will be the dominant > component. > > _______________________________________________ > questions mailing list > questions@lists.ntp.org > http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
