That's my understanding as well is that the second one is a backup NTP address in the event that the first one is not available for some reason. I would hope that if pointing to the US Naval Observatory NTP addresses that neither would fail.
Chuck
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From what I have seen, it appears to pick one randomly. I don't know if there is any logic to the randomness. But, no, it does not speak to 2 and adjust. If it gets a valid response from either of the 2 you've configured, then the job is done.
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Subject: [ActiveDir] A quick(?) NTP question
Here's a simple one for anyone who understands the internals of NTP:
Scenario:
PDCe in root domain is configured to use 2 NTP servers
PDCe in root domain is configured to use 2 NTP servers
Question:
Will the PDCe always sync with the same NTP server unless it's not available and then sync with the other NTP server?
Or
Will the PDCe talk to both NTP servers and adjust its clock according to the various NTP algorithms used to determine which NTP server is 'more accurate'?
Will the PDCe always sync with the same NTP server unless it's not available and then sync with the other NTP server?
Or
Will the PDCe talk to both NTP servers and adjust its clock according to the various NTP algorithms used to determine which NTP server is 'more accurate'?
If the latter, does anyone have a doc which explains that algorithm?
Many thanks,
neil
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