NTP Issues Today

Tue Nov 20 21:00:21 UTC 2012

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 3:15 PM, Leo Bicknell <bicknell at ufp.org> wrote:
> For small players, less than 4 sites, typically just use the NTP
> pool servers, configuring 4 per box minimum.  If you want the same
> protection I just outlined in the paragraph before, make 4 of your
> servers talk to the outside world, and make everything else talk
> to those.  Want to give back to the community?  Get a GPS/CDMA/Whatever

Choosing the first four servers is usually pretty straightforward:
*.CC.pool.ntp.org

But beyond that, I'm honestly rather curious what server selections
are a good idea. A first thought would be an adjacent country, but
maybe there is a benefit to picking things outside of the pool.ntp.org
selection entirely?

I see that Jared used *.fedora.pool.ntp.org -- I wonder if there was a
specific reason for that or if my questions are even worth thinking
about at all :-).

Happy to hear thoughts.

-- 
Darius Jahandarie