Speaking of NTP...

Rafael Possamai rafael at gav.ufsc.br
Thu Jul 16 15:53:06 UTC 2015


Depending on how exactly you have these servers configured with relation to
one another, small variations from one single source can be augmented down
the line.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation_of_uncertainty



On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Matthew Huff <mhuff at ox.com> wrote:

> We have 5 NTP server:  2 x stratum 1 rubidium oscillator time servers with
> GPS sync, and 3 servers running NTP 4.2.6p5-3 synced to external internet
> based NTP stratum 1 servers. We monitor our NTP environment closely, and
> over the last 10+ years, normally all of our NTP servers are sync'ed within
> +/- 2 msec. Starting last Friday, we started seeing some remote NTP servers
> with GPS reference consistently offset by 10 msec.
>
> Any one else seeing this?
>
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