On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 01:09:46AM -0700, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2016-12-30 16:32, Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote: > >>> restrict 127.0.0.1 > >>> restrict -6 ::1 > >>> > >>> pool 0.pool.ntp.org > > Add preempt to pool statements to drop unselected servers and > acquire new servers to maintain a majority clique - see below.
Does the preempt option actually do anything in the pool directive? I thought servers added from pool are always "preemptable". > >> How many servers should the client use at the same time? The > >> default value of tos maxclock is 10, so it would use 10 servers. > >> That seems a bit excessive. If it should be equivalent to the > >> current recommendation, the config would need to include > >> > >> tos maxclock 4 > > Keep it odd - tos maxclock 5 - for sync, majority clique requires > truechimers *>* falsetickers - truechimers == falsetickers is > *unsynced* - 5 allows 2 servers "off" in some way at the same time > (e.g. during weekend maintenance windows when servers often drop > out - YMMV) see http://doc.ntp.org/current-stable/select.html . Is it common to get two falsetickers at the same time? -- Miroslav Lichvar _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
