Re: [ntp:questions] question regarding NTP configuration for clusters, and "cluster time" stability

2009-11-20 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2009-11-21, wrote: > The article I referenced seemed relevant to what they are attempting. > When the external server(s) go away, the > internal servers take some number of minutes, but eventually elect a > leader and settle on a usable hierarchy. They may drift in

Re: [ntp:questions] question regarding NTP configuration for clusters, and "cluster time" stability

2009-11-20 Thread E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists
Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > BlackList wrote: >> rotor...@yahoo.com wrote: >>> Look at it this way: We produce a system (in the form >>> of a cluster) that works today, but that can drift away >>> from UTC since it currently doesn't accept any external >>> time reference. That drift isn't a huge

Re: [ntp:questions] question regarding NTP configuration for clusters, and "cluster time" stability

2009-11-20 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
Unruh wrote: > "Richard B. Gilbert" writes: > >> E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists wrote: >>> rotor...@yahoo.com wrote: Look at it this way: We produce a system (in the form of a cluster) that works today, but that can drift away from UTC since it curren

Re: [ntp:questions] question regarding NTP configuration for clusters, and "cluster time" stability

2009-11-20 Thread Unruh
"Richard B. Gilbert" writes: >E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists wrote: >> rotor...@yahoo.com wrote: >>> Look at it this way: We produce a system (in the form >>> of a cluster) that works today, but that can drift away >>> from UTC since it currently doesn't accept any

Re: [ntp:questions] question regarding NTP configuration for clusters, and "cluster time" stability

2009-11-20 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists wrote: > rotor...@yahoo.com wrote: >> Look at it this way: We produce a system (in the form >> of a cluster) that works today, but that can drift away >> from UTC since it currently doesn't accept any external >> time reference. That d

Re: [ntp:questions] question regarding NTP configuration for clusters, and "cluster time" stability

2009-11-20 Thread E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists
rotor...@yahoo.com wrote: > Look at it this way: We produce a system (in the form > of a cluster) that works today, but that can drift away > from UTC since it currently doesn't accept any external > time reference. That drift isn't a huge issue, but over > the multi-year lifespan of the hardw

Re: [ntp:questions] Monitor of NTP service

2009-11-20 Thread Unruh
aluciani writes: >Hello Folks. >I have several AIX Unix 5.2 serves that point to a Cisco router as the >NTP time source. >Is there any way I could monitor the time source and against the >servers to ensure that they are in sync? >Or how are others performing time source/server monitoring? ntp

Re: [ntp:questions] mtp srver load figures?

2009-11-20 Thread Evandro Menezes
On Nov 19, 6:09 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" wrote: > > Have you considered using either Broadcast or Multicast? No, manycast is the way to go. Unlike the two above, the delay between server and client is constantly measured, rather than only once. HTH _

Re: [ntp:questions] mtp srver load figures?

2009-11-20 Thread Unruh
Uwe Klein writes: >Unruh wrote: >> Christoph Weber-Fahr writes: >> >> >>>Hello, >> >> >>>I'm preparing to build a few ntp servers for a somewhat large population of >>>NTP-misbehaving boxes (they top out at a 120 sec interval). >> >> >> Why have you set them up that way? >Maybe he has not

Re: [ntp:questions] Monitor of NTP service

2009-11-20 Thread Hal Murray
>I have several AIX Unix 5.2 serves that point to a Cisco router as the >NTP time source. > >Is there any way I could monitor the time source and against the >servers to ensure that they are in sync? > >Or how are others performing time source/server monitoring? I'm assuming you want to do the mon

Re: [ntp:questions] Monitor of NTP service

2009-11-20 Thread Harlan Stenn
Have you seen http://support.ntp.org/Support/MonitoringAndControllingNTP ? -- Harlan Stenn http://ntpforum.isc.org - be a member! ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Monitor of NTP service

2009-11-20 Thread Kevin Oberman
> From: aluciani > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:02:07 -0800 (PST) > Sender: questions-bounces+oberman=es@lists.ntp.org > > Hello Folks. > > I have several AIX Unix 5.2 serves that point to a Cisco router as the > NTP time source. > > Is there any way I could monitor the time source and against

Re: [ntp:questions] Monitor of NTP service

2009-11-20 Thread Uwe Klein
Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > aluciani wrote: > >> Hello Folks. >> >> I have several AIX Unix 5.2 serves that point to a Cisco router as the >> NTP time source. >> >> Is there any way I could monitor the time source and against the >> servers to ensure that they are in sync? >> >> Or how are others

Re: [ntp:questions] Monitor of NTP service

2009-11-20 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
aluciani wrote: > Hello Folks. > > I have several AIX Unix 5.2 serves that point to a Cisco router as the > NTP time source. > > Is there any way I could monitor the time source and against the > servers to ensure that they are in sync? > > Or how are others performing time source/server monitor

[ntp:questions] Monitor of NTP service

2009-11-20 Thread aluciani
Hello Folks. I have several AIX Unix 5.2 serves that point to a Cisco router as the NTP time source. Is there any way I could monitor the time source and against the servers to ensure that they are in sync? Or how are others performing time source/server monitoring?

[ntp:questions] NTP 4.2.5p247-RC Released

2009-11-20 Thread NTP Public Services Project
Redwood City, CA - 2009/11/20 - The NTP Public Services Project (http://support.ntp.org/) is pleased to announce that NTP 4.2.5p247-RC, a Release Candidate of the NTP Reference Implementation from the NTP Project, is now available at http://www.ntp.org/downloads.html and http://support.ntp.org/down

Re: [ntp:questions] mtp srver load figures?

2009-11-20 Thread Uwe Klein
Unruh wrote: > Christoph Weber-Fahr writes: > > >>Hello, > > >>I'm preparing to build a few ntp servers for a somewhat large population of >>NTP-misbehaving boxes (they top out at a 120 sec interval). > > > Why have you set them up that way? Maybe he has not set them up that way. i.e. Embed