[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tom Smith wrote: > >>In any case, the local clock should be declared as a "server" and not a >>"peer". >> > > > Thanks for all the replies so far all. I spoke to my senior engineer > and asked why we had the current configuration. He said that he wanted > the servers to stay in sync and acknowledged that the time would float > (his main point was to keep them in sync). Our network/server/system > configuration is built to provide redundancy as much as possible. > > According to the man pages peer has the following description: > > "This command specifies that the local server is to operate in > "symmetric active" mode with the remote server host_address. In this > mode,the local server can be synchronized to the remote server and, in > addition, the remote server can be synchronized by the local server. > This is useful in a network of servers where, depending on various > failure scenarios, either the local or remote server host may be the > better source of time" > > To my understanding, with our current setup, when terrance starts xntpd > it checks its peers for their times. Then it changes its time to match > it (please correct me if I am wrong). Does it check both peers?(in our > current setup with both phillip and 127.127.1.1 as peers) > > In the setup below, when terrance starts xntpd, it checks the server > (its local clock) and then changes its time to meet it (I assume). > Does it then check phillip's time? What does it do if phillips time is > different? > > Terrance: > > peer phillip > server 127.127.1.1 > > and phillip: > > peer terrance > peer 127.127.1.1 > You cannot peer your local clock. That makes no sense.
If your systems are going to provide redundancy you should start by setting up your ntp systems to point to 4 or 5 stratum 1 or 2 servers. You gain nothing by not having them point to other peers who also have no external sources to refer to. Danny _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
