Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 02:20:08 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote: No it wouldn't - DST makes it darker in the morning. When I was about 11, the government experimented with using BST all year round. One of the reasons given for not doing it was that kids would have to go to school in the dark.

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/04/2013 23:28, Nick Khamis wrote: On 4/26/13, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On 26/04/2013 19:11, Nick Khamis wrote: Thank you so much for your response, and I totally understand the effort vs. benefit challenge. However, is it really that much trouble/unstable to setup

Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 27/04/2013 03:20, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Friday 26 April 2013 22:43:10 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:10:46 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I wasn't born here in Africa and didn't spend primary school years here either. But I distinctly recall having to walk to school in the snow

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 27/04/2013 05:44, Andrew Lowe wrote: Get over it and enjoy the extra hour in the evening. But then again I'm in Australia where [snip here] OK, stop right there. I see where the disconnect comes in. You are in Australia. The sun happens to shine in Australia. It shines a lot there. I am in

Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 27/04/2013 00:11, Paul Hartman wrote: On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On 26/04/2013 22:46, the guard wrote: Пятница, 26 апреля 2013, 22:41 +02:00 от Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com: Do none of us here ever deal with Windows? :-) I

Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-27 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-04-26 5:10 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: I wasn't born here in Africa and didn't spend primary school years here either. But I distinctly recall having to walk to school in the snow and in the dark to geet their before 9 o'clock. Not fun. DST would have helped. But

Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 27/04/2013 18:24, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2013-04-26 5:10 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: I wasn't born here in Africa and didn't spend primary school years here either. But I distinctly recall having to walk to school in the snow and in the dark to geet their before 9 o'clock.

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 17:15:37 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: You are in Australia. The sun happens to shine in Australia. It shines a lot there. I am in South Africa. The sun happens to shine a lot in South Africa. It shines a lot here. Neil is in England. The sun never shines in England. It

Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-27 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:24:53 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: But what would make more sense (at least in my mind) would be to have official 'working hours' changes, and adjust those, rather than change the clocks - ie, in your example, instead of school starting at 9:00am, it switches to start at

Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-27 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/04/2013 23:43, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:10:46 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I wasn't born here in Africa and didn't spend primary school years here either. But I distinctly recall having to walk to school in the snow and in the dark to geet their before 9 o'clock. Not

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Joseph
On 04/25/13 10:33, Nick Khamis wrote: Hello Everyone, We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Time_Synchronization. Our services are quite time

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Jarry
On 26-Apr-13 16:10, Joseph wrote: On 04/25/13 10:33, Nick Khamis wrote: We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Time_Synchronization. Our services are

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Nick Khamis
On 4/26/13, Jarry mr.ja...@gmail.com wrote: On 26-Apr-13 16:10, Joseph wrote: On 04/25/13 10:33, Nick Khamis wrote: We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/04/2013 17:27, Nick Khamis wrote: Hello Everyone, Thank you for the many solutions however, I am totally lost as to which would be most reliable in a collocation setting vs. office desktop. What we would like is to set up our own ntp server which other servers and desktops in our

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Nick Khamis
On 4/26/13, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On 26/04/2013 17:27, Nick Khamis wrote: Hello Everyone, Thank you for the many solutions however, I am totally lost as to which would be most reliable in a collocation setting vs. office desktop. What we would like is to set up our

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/04/2013 17:54, Nick Khamis wrote: On 4/26/13, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On 26/04/2013 17:27, Nick Khamis wrote: Hello Everyone, Thank you for the many solutions however, I am totally lost as to which would be most reliable in a collocation setting vs. office

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Nick Khamis
On 4/26/13, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On 26/04/2013 17:54, Nick Khamis wrote: On 4/26/13, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On 26/04/2013 17:27, Nick Khamis wrote: Hello Everyone, Thank you for the many solutions however, I am totally lost as to which would be

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Stroller
On 26 April 2013, at 16:41, Alan McKinnon wrote: ... So here's what you do: sync everything to your ISP's time servers. Chances are good they do a better job than you can, just like with DNS caching. I'm not sure if my ISP offers time servers, but Apple and MS both run time servers which

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Nick Khamis sym...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Time_Synchronization.

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/04/2013 19:11, Nick Khamis wrote: Thank you so much for your response, and I totally understand the effort vs. benefit challenge. However, is it really that much trouble/unstable to setup our own ntp server that syncs with our local isp, and have our internal network sync on it?

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/04/2013 20:36, Stroller wrote: On 26 April 2013, at 16:41, Alan McKinnon wrote: ... So here's what you do: sync everything to your ISP's time servers. Chances are good they do a better job than you can, just like with DNS caching. I'm not sure if my ISP offers time servers, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/04/2013 20:54, Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Nick Khamis sym...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the

[gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread the guard
Пятница, 26 апреля 2013, 22:41 +02:00 от Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com: On 26/04/2013 20:54, Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Nick Khamis sym...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was

Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/04/2013 22:46, the guard wrote: Пятница, 26 апреля 2013, 22:41 +02:00 от Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com: On 26/04/2013 20:54, Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Nick Khamis sym...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, We are trying to sync our server's time

[gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread the guard
Пятница, 26 апреля 2013, 22:54 +02:00 от Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com: On 26/04/2013 22:46, the guard wrote: Пятница, 26 апреля 2013, 22:41 +02:00 от Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com: On 26/04/2013 20:54, Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:33 AM,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/04/2013 23:02, the guard wrote: I was thinking more along the lines of how Windows has no concept of UTC set in the hw clock and a local timezone, and how timezones are odd things like Harare/Pretoria instead of the official names like SAST GMT+2 as set by the scientific timekeeping

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Nick Khamis
On 4/26/13, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On 26/04/2013 19:11, Nick Khamis wrote: Thank you so much for your response, and I totally understand the effort vs. benefit challenge. However, is it really that much trouble/unstable to setup our own ntp server that syncs with our

Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:10:46 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I wasn't born here in Africa and didn't spend primary school years here either. But I distinctly recall having to walk to school in the snow and in the dark to geet their before 9 o'clock. Not fun. DST would have helped. No it wouldn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com wrote: On 26/04/2013 22:46, the guard wrote: Пятница, 26 апреля 2013, 22:41 +02:00 от Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com: Do none of us here ever deal with Windows? :-) I notice that no-one has yet mentioned that

Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Friday 26 April 2013 22:43:10 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:10:46 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I wasn't born here in Africa and didn't spend primary school years here either. But I distinctly recall having to walk to school in the snow and in the dark to geet their before 9

Re: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread William Kenworthy
On 27/04/13 09:20, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Friday 26 April 2013 22:43:10 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:10:46 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I wasn't born here in Africa and didn't spend primary school years here either. But I distinctly recall having to walk to school in the snow

Re[2]: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-26 Thread Andrew Lowe
On 04/27/13 09:20, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Friday 26 April 2013 22:43:10 Neil Bothwick wrote: On Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:10:46 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: I wasn't born here in Africa and didn't spend primary school years here either. But I distinctly recall having to walk to school in the snow

[gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread Nick Khamis
Hello Everyone, We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Time_Synchronization. Our services are quite time sensitive. Thanks in Advance, N.

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread Dale
Nick Khamis wrote: Hello Everyone, We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Time_Synchronization. Our services are quite time sensitive. Thanks in

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread Michael Mol
On 04/25/2013 10:33 AM, Nick Khamis wrote: Hello Everyone, We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Time_Synchronization. Our services are quite

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-04-25 10:40 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: For contrast, having all nodes sync to pool.ntp.org results in time variance of up to 2-3 minutes across a dozen or so machines. That makes no sense... Not calling you a liar or anything, but it just doesn't make sense. I can see

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread Tanstaafl
On 2013-04-25 10:33 AM, Nick Khamis sym...@gmail.com wrote: We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Time_Synchronization. Are these virtualized? It

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread Nick Khamis
On 4/25/13, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On 04/25/2013 10:33 AM, Nick Khamis wrote: Hello Everyone, We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread Nick Khamis
Ummm... *all* servers are critically time-sensitive. Yeah... I concur ;)

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread Michael Mol
On 04/25/2013 10:46 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2013-04-25 10:40 AM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: For contrast, having all nodes sync to pool.ntp.org results in time variance of up to 2-3 minutes across a dozen or so machines. That makes no sense... Not calling you a liar or anything,

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread Michael Mol
On 04/25/2013 11:02 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: On 2013-04-25 10:33 AM, Nick Khamis sym...@gmail.com wrote: We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Thursday 25 April 2013 08:09 PM, Dale wrote: Nick Khamis wrote: Hello Everyone, We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Time_Synchronization. Our

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread William Kenworthy
On 25/04/13 23:07, Nick Khamis wrote: Ummm... *all* servers are critically time-sensitive. Yeah... I concur ;) Define critical! - to my mind if its critical you should be running your own atomic clock, and something like a pps system to distribute it ... or somewhere in the middle a local

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread Dale
Nilesh Govindrajan wrote: On Thursday 25 April 2013 08:09 PM, Dale wrote: Nick Khamis wrote: Hello Everyone, We are trying to sync our server's time with an accurate ntp server, and was wondering which of the many solutions are considered viable. I did see the

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 26/04/2013 01:42, William Kenworthy wrote: Does anyone know a good guide to using time sync in VM's, for both windows and linux (gentoo) guests using libvirt? Especially for guests that are resumed, or the whole virtualisation system is hibernated? (ntp refuses to resync after guest

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread staticsafe
On 4/25/2013 19:50, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 26/04/2013 01:42, William Kenworthy wrote: Does anyone know a good guide to using time sync in VM's, for both windows and linux (gentoo) guests using libvirt? Especially for guests that are resumed, or the whole virtualisation system is hibernated?

Re: [gentoo-user] Server system date synchronizaion

2013-04-25 Thread William Kenworthy
On 26/04/13 07:57, staticsafe wrote: On 4/25/2013 19:50, Alan McKinnon wrote: On 26/04/2013 01:42, William Kenworthy wrote: Does anyone know a good guide to using time sync in VM's, for both windows and linux (gentoo) guests using libvirt? Especially for guests that are resumed, or the whole