Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Servers in virtual machines

2014-06-25 Thread Rob Heemskerk
Op maandag 23 juni 2014 15:54:13 UTC+2 schreef David Woolley: On 23/06/14 13:12, Miroslav Lichvar wrote: I think it all depends on the VM implementation and what clocksource is used in the guest. If the guest is using tsc (i.e. its frequency is independent of the host clock), it will need

[ntp:questions] NTP Servers in virtual machines

2014-06-23 Thread Rob Heemskerk
Hi, Why are NTP Servers running on virtualized hardware (vmware) unsuitable to serve time to clients? I've read this statement several times but can't find a good motivation. I've searched the official documentation, FAQ, the NTP support wiki, this news group, google search. I found this in