NTP, possible solutions, and best implementation

Thu Oct 2 20:07:12 UTC 2003

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Eliot Lear wrote:

  Michael.Dillon at radianz.com wrote:
  > Beware the single point of failure. If all your clocks come from GPS, then
  > GPS is the SPOF.

  Can you describe what would be involved to cause this sort of single
  point of failure to fail?

  Eliot

- Antenna failure
- Radio failure
- Unforseen GPS protocol issues
	see:
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gpseow.htm
http://www.sustainableworld.com/y2kgps/gpseng/

The basic idea is that putting all your eggs in one basket is rarely
a good plan.

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