Hi, On Fri, Jun 21, 2019 at 6:07 PM Bob kb8tq <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi > > Given the relatively low cost of a GPS based “Stratum 1” NTP, it’s not > real clear > why (at the end of the paper) they go off and “exchange emails > individually with the > organizations that run stratum 1 servers, as well as negotiate permission > to use them.” > to source the root time for the system. I would have thought that some > sort of combo > of on site and off site sources would be at the “top of the tree”. > CF does not own their 185 datacenters across the globe. These are rented spaces. Some are not affable to GPS setup (no rooftop access or GPS farms etc.). Even if they were there is extra cost for GPS setup, rent, maintenance, requires traveling to remote physical locations if something goes wrong and more... CF has 185 datacenters and so the cost and effort accumulates. Using external stratum 1 servers was a more reasonable option. CF made sure that their servers are connected to the closest available authenticated S1s. Buying their own S1s is definitely on the table. Best, Aanchal. > > Bob > > > On Jun 21, 2019, at 2:20 PM, Marco Davids via time-nuts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Opinions, anyone? > > > > https://blog.cloudflare.com/secure-time/amp/ > > > > ("Introducing time.cloudflare.com") > > > > -- > > Marco > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
