[ntp:questions] Re: OS recomendations for stratum 2 clocks

Steve Kostecke kostecke at ntp.isc.org
Wed Sep 7 21:06:01 UTC 2005


"Richard B. Gilbert" said:

>Joshua Coombs wrote:
>
>> Using standard PC hardware, and no directly connected reference clocks 
>> as limitations, is there a general recommendation for OS on a box that 
>> will be dedicated to NTP?
>
>Free BSD will get the job done.   So will Solaris (also free these 
>days).  Linux and Windows are poor choices for this application as both 
>have a tendency to lose clock interrupts.

Linux will "get the job done" on the right hardware.

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