Doug Hughes wrote: >> On Sun, 2009-03-15 at 11:23 -0500, Brad Knowles wrote: >> >> >> >>> No, I wouldn't say they don't know anything. >>> >>> But although I am subscribed to this list, and I've been supporting the >>> NTP Public Services Project for over five years and I have some >>> experience I can share with people, this still is not the appropriate >>> place to discuss NTP. However, I can tell you where the appropriate >>> place is, over on the mailing lists I help run at lists.ntp.org. >>> >>> >>> > If I want to discuss the mathematics of NTP protocol with details of > proper picking of an NTP peer with variable dispersion over an x% > jittery link, I'll go to the NTP mail list. However, if I want to > discuss deployment of NTP to a server farm with <y> policy limitations > or <x> configuration management implications, with all due respect, I'll > trust the people here. > > protocol and math wonks vs systems wonks. There's plenty of grey in between. > > I have to agree - if you want to make the 'rubber meet the road', you need systems people who understand more than just NTP.
Sometimes the people involved with the deep technical support of a given widget (this applies to just about all widgets, not just NTP) do not have the systems administration or generalists' view that is needed in the so-called 'real world', and the people on this list value the input from other system administration professionals. Brad, please stop telling us that the only place to speak 'word one' about NTP is the NTP mailing list. No matter how often you say it, it just won't happen. People here are free to seek the counsel of like-minded (and not-so-like-minded!) people. Issues relevant to systems administration (*including* NTP) are, and will continue to be, perfectly germane here. And Brad - who brought up NTP in this context anyway? Shouldn't that have been done on the NTP list too? ;-) > Brad Knowles wrote: >> ...For example, putting NTP time servers behind load balancers are a >> really bad idea. See the brief mention in section X.Y.Z of the - Richard _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
