On Mon, 19 Dec 2005, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > Michael Deutschmann wrote: > >I've noticed a conflict between the instructions on the NTP server Pool > >project page and other NTP advice. > > > > [... NTP guideline is to use 1, 4 or more servers. Pool ettiquette > > says only 3 servers total ...] > > [... Stuff about how hard it is for the pool ...]
That's not really relevant to the argument. If by bringing this up you are trying to say that the pool would collapse with a "ration" of 4 servers per user, then the "ration" should be set at 1, since those two extra servers for people ignoring the 1-or-4 rule aren't doing them any good. (Assuming that the 1-or-4 rule itself is actually technically justified, of course). > So configure three pool servers and one public access stratum 2 server > and you comply with both sets of rules. As I understand it, this would break the pool rules. From http://www.pool.ntp.org/use.html, under "Additional Notes": # * If your Internet provider has a timeserver, or if you know of a # good timeserver near you, you should use that and not this list - # you'll probably get better time and you'll use fewer network # resources. If you know only one timeserver near you, you can of # course use that and two from pool.ntp.org or so. This says "two from pool.ntp.org" when you would otherwise have a "fourth" non-pool reference, not three. And also: # * Be friendly. Many servers are provided by volunteers, and almost # all time servers are really file or mail or webservers which just # happen to also run ntp. So don't use more than three time servers # in your configuration, and don't play dirty tricks with burst or # minpoll - all you will gain is that this project will be stopped # sooner or later. It says "don't use more than three time servers", not "don't use more than three _pool_ time servers". ---- Michael Deutschmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
