On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:38 AM, Mark C. Stephens <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, I am about to build a new NTP server for testing refclocks. > > I believe that BSD is recommended over Linux, which is recommended over > Windows? > > Which is the *best* OS for an NTP server?
Windows is so bad for this job, I'd almost say it's broken. Between BSD and Linux, it used to be that BSD was the winner for precision timekeeping but new recent Linux comes with PPS in the kernaland a nanosecond clock and is equal or BSD. But I suspect many will say that BSD is still the more conservative option, it changes slower and typically comes with less "stuff". Id go with BSD unless you intend to do anything else with the computer BTW dumpster servers are NOT economical unless you have free electric power. They will burn up well more then $200 or power a year. That is $1,000 over a reasonable life. Look around and buy main board that uses the single core Atom CPU. Look for one that does NOT have a fan on the heat sink. No fan is a good clue that the CPU uses very little power Intal makes one that was a REAL serial port. That is the #1 thing you must have. You can find a main bard with CPU soldered to it for about $80. It will pay for itself in very short time. Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
