STP is more accurate than NTP for coordinating the clocks in your data center, but it doesn't eliminate the need to compensate for drift. You still need to periodically use an official time source via NTP.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of Paul Gilmartin [[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2021 10:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: STIMERM LT value On Sat, 15 May 2021 03:51:45 -0700, Ed Jaffe wrote: >On 5/14/2021 9:53 PM, Alan Altmark wrote: >> >> Then if the client wants to reduce the price by redlining items, that's on >> them, but I think IBM or the BP should be bringing a full function proposal. > >Car radios used to be extra. Now they come free and standard. Historical >lineage notwithstanding, 21st-Century mainframes should come with STP >free and standard. Not doing so has already proved itself time and time >again to be a source of embarrassment for our platform... > TANSTAAFL. More so safety equipment, now require by law. But still ... Is it IP restriction or technological complexity that precludes ISVs' offering a competing product at a competitive price? I miss the Consent Decree. Are the clock steering instructions described in some detail in the PoOps part of the option? Even SCK, now? OK. STP is a thousand times more accurate than NTP, but some customers would be satisfied with the latter for a thousandth the price. it's better than adding a minute to CLOCKxx. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
