On Dec 5, 2007 12:03 PM, Axel Beckert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So the thought behind my question is: Maybe I should put the NTPd in
> the dom0 though I don't want to have any services there. And this list
> was my first idea for where to get propper experiences. :)

My experience with virtualization has been that it is best to run ntpd
on the host, and then use the time synchronization feature(s) from the
VM product's helper tools inside the VM. Running ntpd inside the VM
has always given me some strange results, probably because of timer
interrupts being translated (i.e. potentially lost or delayed). VMs
are often paused for backups, snapshots or migrations. ntpd wasn't
designed to handle any of those those situations, it was designed to
run on bare hardware. The VM helper tools from VMware, Microsoft, Xen,
whatever, just pass time-related system calls straight through to the
host, I think.
-- 
RPM
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