Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
Like it or not, NTPD, when started, will need up to TEN HOURS to settle down with the best time that you are going to get! This is not a hardship if you run NTPD 24x365 (366 in leap years). If you have to shutdown frequently and can't wait for NTPD to reach steady state then NTP is the wrong tool for you!
If it is the wrong tool for him, it is probably the wrong tool for most people. If it is possible to get a better solution in a shorter time, it should be doing so.
Where he may have a problem is in not accepting that, with a stable local clock, it is a fundamental of physics that getting the best possible solution for the time and frequency does take a very long time. Best possible may be a lot better than he needs. In particular, he may come from a financial services background, where people tend to believe that, if you pay enough, you can get any level of performance you like.
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