On 6 nov, 15:40, Martin Burnicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cyrille37 wrote: > > Hello > > I'm a bit confused with those 2 concepts for keeping computer on the > > right time : > > - ntpd > > - clockspeed and taiclock > > Is ntpd look at the computer's clock derivation like clockspeed do ? > > Is it a good idea to have clockspeed and ntpd running together on the > > same computer ? > > It's never a good idea to let 2 different programs try to discipline the > system time in parallel. > > As far as I know clockspeed can be used to compensate the drift of the > system clock continuously. However, you have to determine the amount of the > drift manually, and pass the correction value to clockspeed. The accuracy > you can achieve depends on the accuracy at which you have measured the > drift. E.g. you set the system time correctly and see how much it is off > after a couple of hours. > > Ntpd can be configured to query the correct time from a reference time > source in regular intervals, so it can determine the clock drift by itself > and compensate it. The advantage is that you don't have to measure the > drift manually, and ntpd compensates the drift even if the drift value > changes, e.g. due to temperature changes. > > Regards, > > Martin > -- > Martin Burnicki > > Meinberg Funkuhren > Bad Pyrmont > Germany
Thanks a lot Martin. Now it's clear for me : I'll use Ntpd. Cyrille _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
