That won't work in my application. I can't run anything on any server but one I provide specifically for time, which is why I'm looking at dedicated time servers. Believe me when I say this crossed my mind and was crossed off the list. Just about every system is MS Windows based which means one server to sync against unless I add complexity (add NTP) and that won't work in my application since I only control a few of the systems and we don't want anything else running but our custom software. I can't dictate to the other participants in the project that they run software and even if I did they'd all end up doing it differently and I'd be back to one guy using UTC, another TAI.....
Guys, I appreciate the comments and now it's just a matter of deciding what hardware to buy. I like my existing Symmetricom box but don't want to re-purpose it for this project so it means buying a 2nd one. They're all roughly $4k starting so it's coming down to what color I like best ;-) -Bob On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:32 PM, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com > wrote: > I had suggested the same thing. In fact I'd argue not having an NTP box is > more reliable than having one. A non-esistant box can't fail. > > But don't run just one NTP server, run one on every non-overloaded > server. You clients will automatically sync with whichever server > is "best" > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net> > wrote: > > > > > 100 systems is falling off a log. > > > > If you have some other server that isn't overloaded, it may be better > overall > > to run NTP on that system. The idea is to avoid adding another box just > for > > NTP. If you do something like that, you may still need a GPS unit. > -- > ===== > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.