Sure, but it may be usable for some that already have windows servers vs a *nix systems.
Getting within a few seconds is a major feat for some folks i've observed :) -- (myself included at times) There are other people who have built win32 binaries of the xntp software, e.g.: http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm I was trying to stick with Microsoft provided software for those in a win32 environment. - Jared On Jun 25, 2012, at 11:37 AM, James Slepicka (c-nsp) wrote: > Just be aware that the Windows Time service isn't terribly accurate, so it > may not be suitable for some environments: > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939322 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jared Mauch > Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 11:23 AM > To: Josh Baird > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] NTP Servers > > Or you can ask the it guys to use a windows server... Eg: > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042 > > On Jun 23, 2012, at 9:14 AM, Josh Baird <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It seems like a waste to spend money on "NTP appliances," when you can >> build an "enterprise quality" system using Linux (for free) in a >> matter of minutes. We run three, and they have supported over 10k >> devices with zero problems for over 5 years. It's not like ntpd is very >> resource intensive. >> >> Josh >> >> On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 1:38 AM, Andrew Miehs <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Sent from a mobile device >>> >>> On 23/06/2012, at 15:05, Mack McBride <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> A good linux server will suffice. >>>> 6500s have a pretty wimpy CPU. >>>> This is from a linux server with a cheap atom board: >>> >>> Agreed - If it were only me, I too would run a couple of boxes, but >>> this is an enterprise site. >>> >>> Unfortunately the team here has little unix know how which is why I >>> am looking for appliances. The plan is that all the network >>> infracture and wireless gear - mostly cisco would use these servers - >>> so no more than >>> 10000 devices - would like something with a stable clock however. We >>> have already had some authentication issues due to times being in the >>> future. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Andrew >>> _______________________________________________ >>> cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] >>> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp >>> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ >> _______________________________________________ >> cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp >> archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
