I would love to make my 3 servers stratum 1, but as they are in a
datacenter with no way for a gps to work, and the walls are even too
thick for cdma. That would leave the colorado time radio, but well,
same as cdma, won't work. Then there is phone dialup, if only I could
get a phone line in there, I gave up on that idea after waiting a
year, but never had that big of a deal not having dialup in there.
Quoting Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>
>> 1 82 5.5% 2 926 61.9% 3 451 30.1% 4 34 2.3% 5 3 0.2% 16 1 0.1%
>
>
> Interesting numbers. I guess publishing this data on a regular basis could
> be a double edge sword. Or is it?
>
> However - considering the common misconceptions around this ("Stratum
>> 1 is better!") and that the whole point of the pool is to distribute
>> traffic away from the common stratum 1 servers to other servers
>> serving good time (at whatever stratum), then I think it might be
>> counterproductive to show that data on the site.
>>
>
> My thoughts are aimed more towards server operators than that of NTP users.
> Let me explain: If we publish the numbers in real time, it may encourage
> more than the (current) 5.5% of server operators to spend the ~$100 and a
> few inches of solder it takes to wire up, say a Garmin* GPS 18 LVC to their
> existing > stratum 1 server. This would boost the number of clock "sources"
> versus "repeaters" in the pool.
>
> This could have 2 positive effects: 1) a little less reliance on the current
> public S1 servers by server operators and 2) the desired effect of showing
> NTP users that the quality of pool time sources is high and the need to use
> (thus overloading) other public S1 servers is really not required.
>
> Perhaps a little graph showing the system wide stratum levels listed on the
> not so public Manage Server page would be enough of a reminder of the
> current service level of the pool to server ops? Kind of in line with your
> "growth targets" you have on the various regional number graphs.
>
> * I don't work for Garmin or sell GPS's. This is the GPS I selected for my
> pool server, due to past experience with this manufacturers line of products
> and reading various pages on setting up your own S1 server. Having said
> this, I know that many server admins are not electronic techs and the idea
> of soldering components together may not be your thing. If this is what's
> stopping you from going Stratum 1 - let your voices be heard! I'm sure there
> are others on the list who could do the work for you on a cost recover
> basis. I certainly don't mind helping out - just ask.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Rob
>
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