[Pool] DNS queries per second

2011-03-22 Thread Ask Bjørn Hansen
Hi, I don't have any ideas for how to avoid this; but basically a crazy amount of the SNTP clients sync just at the top of the hour; or close to it. Below is a second by second query count on one of the busier DNS servers for pool.ntp.org. The normal load is as it is just before the top of

Re: [Pool] DNS queries per second

2011-03-22 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Mar 22, 2011, at 4:59 PM, Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote: I don't have any ideas for how to avoid this; but basically a crazy amount of the SNTP clients sync just at the top of the hour; or close to it. Below is a second by second query count on one of the busier DNS servers for pool.ntp.org.

Re: [Pool] DNS queries per second

2011-03-22 Thread Dave Hart
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:59 PM, Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote: I don't have any ideas for how to avoid this; but basically a crazy amount of the SNTP clients sync just at the top of the hour; or close to it. It is IMO reasonable to believe the subset of pool.ntp.org clients which query near the top