On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:54:26 -0400, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > James Ray wrote: >> All, >> Here is what we are after doing. Our networks team provides us with a >> stratum 2 NTP server to use as well as our ISP providing us with 3 >> stratum 1 NTP servers. Ideally I would like a set of 4 peers run by me >> syncing from the stratum 2 server provided on-site (since that gets it >> data from the stratum 1 provided by the ISP) to reduce the load on the >> stratum 1 servers. Unfortunately there are times when the on-site NTP >> server goes a bit askew and steps out by up to 120ms (which isn't too >> good for our uses). > > I would choose to find out why the on-site server "goes a bit askew". > Machines running Linux or Windows have been known to lose clock > interrupts when busy. If your stratum two server is always slow when it's > off and "steps ahead" and is running Linux or Windows that is probably the > cause of your problem. > > If that is the case, I would consider installing a better operating system > on the server; say Solaris 10 X86 or ever replacing the server entirely. > I've used Sun Ultra 10 boxes with Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 and find them > very well behaved. I've also had good experience with Solaris > 8 and 9 (X86 edition) on PCs.
Unfortunately this machine is outside my control, its running FreeBSD I believe. I could 'jump over its head' and just use the stratum 1 servers provided by the ISP but I still suffer the main problem of flip-flopping between the two servers when there are very small differences between them. -- James 'BR' Ray _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
