On 2011-06-20, Steve Tryon <[email protected]> wrote: > The reason I ask about large corrections is a scenario that I saw with > a configuration that we originally tried. In essence, each server in > the cluster was configured the same: > > - clients of 0.us.pool.ntp.org and 1.us.pool.ntp.org > - peers with all nodes in the cluster > - using local clock as stratum 10 source
The "local clock" is not a not a time source. It is a hack which allows ntpd to claim to be "synced" even when it is not. When ntpd is "synced" to the "local clock" it is following the very clock that it should be controlling. I'm not surprised that you report problems with these nodes drifting apart. There really should be one node in your cluster using the Undisciplined Local Clock. If you want a self organizing cluster of nodes use Orphan Mode instead. -- Steve Kostecke <[email protected]> NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/ _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
