Re: [ntp:questions] ESR looking for good GPS clocks

2012-03-09 Thread Russell, David
are there any good sources for disabling interrupt coalescing? On Mar 9, 2012, at 8:00 AM, "Rob" wrote: > Terje Mathisen <"terje.mathisen at tmsw.no"> wrote: >> The more I look at this, the more I settle down on using Ethernet as the >> communication channel! > > Ethernet is not what it used

Re: [ntp:questions] Is this normal?

2010-05-11 Thread Russell, David
ntp.org [mailto:questions-bounces+david.russell=dowjones@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of unruh Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 10:59 AM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Is this normal? On 2010-05-10, Russell, David wrote: > --_004_C430DA47D51D0C4B940F6928BAE21F4626A3F15C2

Re: [ntp:questions] Is this normal?

2010-05-11 Thread Russell, David
estions-bounces+david.russell=dowjones@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of David Woolley Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 5:08 PM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Is this normal? Russell, David wrote: > I am trying to verify the correct implementation of NTP on a device > that is con

[ntp:questions] Is this normal?

2010-05-11 Thread Russell, David
I am trying to verify the correct implementation of NTP on a device that is configured to poll a GPS based dedicated time server on the local area network. The round trip times to this stratum 1 vary between 3.3 and 3.4ms. I have plotted the offset vs drift in the included jpg. The drift rate

[ntp:questions] Recommendations for good NIC cards

2010-04-15 Thread Russell, David
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[ntp:questions] Clock Selection Question

2009-09-18 Thread Russell, David
I have two sites that are about 1ms away from each other and each site has a pair of GPS based NTP servers. I have configured a large number of Linux servers with the NTP servers at each site. The Linux servers prefer the NTP servers at the remote site instead of the ones from local site. The

[ntp:questions] Larger Offsets on HP Proliant DL580s

2009-09-16 Thread Russell, David
I have 15 HP Proliant DL 580s and 11 DL 360s all running Linux and NTP4.2.2. They are configured to use the local stratum 1 servers. What I am noticing is that: the 580s have drift values between -31 and -91 while the 360s range between -8 and +7 The 580s have offsets between 0.3 and 6.5 (a

Re: [ntp:questions] Query about NTP accuracy

2009-05-22 Thread Russell, David
I don't have any comparisons between syncing to a Stratum 2 vs stratum 1. I am very happy with a two level hierarchy - GPS based NTP appliances at stratum 1 and all the servers and network gear at stratum 2. In my GE LAN environment, with 64sec polling the servers claim offsets in the 10us rang

Re: [ntp:questions] Best Ntp Practice

2009-04-13 Thread Russell, David
I would not recommend using Cisco devices as NTP servers if the time is important to you. There are bugs in the code that result in the offsets not getting any better than a few ms. Using the prefer command works around one of the problems but it still wanders around a lot. I point all my net

Re: [ntp:questions] NTPv3 Select Dispersion

2009-01-01 Thread Russell, David
ssive, it isn't because the algorithm is in >error; it's because you really do have large differences in the server >population. >Dave >Russell, David wrote: >I am trying to validate an NTP implementation that is exhibiting a lot >of churn in the clus

[ntp:questions] NTPv3 Select Dispersion

2008-12-31 Thread Russell, David
I am trying to validate an NTP implementation that is exhibiting a lot of churn in the cluster algorithm. Unfortunately I don't think that I been able to properly calculate the select dispersion based on RFC1305. Can anyone refer me to a more detailed description of the calculations or even bett

Re: [ntp:questions] Standalone PC Clock Sync

2007-11-04 Thread Russell, David
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 8:24 PM To: Russell, David Cc: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Standalone PC Clock Sync Russell, David wrote: > I have a PC running Windows that gets disconnected from the network for > up to an hour. I am using NTP to syn

[ntp:questions] Standalone PC Clock Sync

2007-11-04 Thread Russell, David
I have a PC running Windows that gets disconnected from the network for up to an hour. I am using NTP to sync the clock while it is connected but when disconnected the clock drifts quite a bit. Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can maintain the timing in this scenario? Also, I hav