Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-29 Thread E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists
Florin Andrei wrote: > Let's assume I upgrade to a newer version that accepts > the "source" keyword. Then how about this config? > > Is there are risk of too many internal servers picking > other internal servers to sync their time - and not > enough servers using external sources? > Should I

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-29 Thread Rob
Florin Andrei wrote: > On 03/26/2011 03:36 AM, Rob wrote: >> Florin Andrei wrote: >>> >>> restrict 0.us.pool.ntp.org mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery >>> restrict 1.us.pool.ntp.org mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery >>> restrict 2.us.pool.ntp.org mask 255.255.255.255 nomodif

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-28 Thread David Lord
Florin Andrei wrote: On 03/26/2011 08:46 AM, Dave Hart wrote: You probably want iburst on each of those server lines, to sync the clock in under 15 seconds instead of a few minutes. I thought that was frowned upon, to use iburst with public servers? (I do use iburst, from all the other machi

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-28 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 3/28/2011 1:16 PM, Florin Andrei wrote: On 03/26/2011 08:46 AM, Dave Hart wrote: You probably want iburst on each of those server lines, to sync the clock in under 15 seconds instead of a few minutes. I thought that was frowned upon, to use iburst with public servers? (I do use iburst, fr

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-28 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2011-03-25, Florin Andrei wrote: > Two groups of machines in two datacenters, VPN line in between. A VPN will introduce jitter into any associations between your two data centers. An unencrypted UDP connection would be better. > Two NTP servers in each datacenter, sync'ing to public servers.

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-28 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2011-03-28, Florin Andrei wrote: > On 03/26/2011 08:46 AM, Dave Hart wrote: > >> You probably want iburst on each of those server lines, to sync the >> clock in under 15 seconds instead of a few minutes. > > I thought that was frowned upon, to use iburst with public servers? > > (I do use ibur

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-28 Thread Terje Mathisen
Florin Andrei wrote: On 03/26/2011 08:46 AM, Dave Hart wrote: You probably want iburst on each of those server lines, to sync the clock in under 15 seconds instead of a few minutes. I thought that was frowned upon, to use iburst with public servers? (I do use iburst, from all the other machi

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-28 Thread Dave Hart
On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Florin Andrei wrote: > > Let's assume I upgrade to a newer version that accepts the > "source" keyword. Then how about this config? > > Is there are risk of too many internal servers picking other > internal servers to sync their time - and not enough servers > usi

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-28 Thread Florin Andrei
Let's assume I upgrade to a newer version that accepts the "source" keyword. Then how about this config? Is there are risk of too many internal servers picking other internal servers to sync their time - and not enough servers using external sources? Should I skew the selection using "prefer"

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-28 Thread Florin Andrei
On 03/26/2011 03:36 AM, Rob wrote: Florin Andrei wrote: restrict 0.us.pool.ntp.org mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery restrict 1.us.pool.ntp.org mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery restrict 2.us.pool.ntp.org mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery restrict 3.us.pool.ntp

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-28 Thread Florin Andrei
On 03/26/2011 08:46 AM, Dave Hart wrote: You probably want iburst on each of those server lines, to sync the clock in under 15 seconds instead of a few minutes. I thought that was frowned upon, to use iburst with public servers? (I do use iburst, from all the other machines to the internal NT

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-26 Thread Dave Hart
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 10:36 AM, "Rob" wrote: > Florin Andrei wrote: >> ### >> server 0.us.pool.ntp.org >> server 1.us.pool.ntp.org >> server 2.us.pool.ntp.org >> server 3.us.pool.ntp.org >> >> restrict 0.us.pool.ntp.org mask 255.255.255.25

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-26 Thread Rob
Florin Andrei wrote: > Two groups of machines in two datacenters, VPN line in between. Two NTP > servers in each datacenter, sync'ing to public servers. Local networks > are gig ethernet. > > Sometimes there seem to be issues with the public servers, so I figured > I may as well use the "peer"

Re: [ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-25 Thread E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists
Florin Andrei wrote: > restrict 0.us.pool.ntp.org mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery > restrict 1.us.pool.ntp.org mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery > restrict 2.us.pool.ntp.org mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify notrap noquery > restrict 3.us.pool.ntp.org mask 255.255.255.255 nomodi

[ntp:questions] peer command and clusters

2011-03-25 Thread Florin Andrei
Two groups of machines in two datacenters, VPN line in between. Two NTP servers in each datacenter, sync'ing to public servers. Local networks are gig ethernet. Sometimes there seem to be issues with the public servers, so I figured I may as well use the "peer" command to at least keep the loc