[ntp:questions] different Ntp servers...

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Harlan Stenn wrote:
> If you connect directly to an S1 server and that server goes insane, you are
> screwed.
> 
> If you connect to a well-configured S2 server you have a lot better
> confidence that you'll be getting useful time.
> 
> I recommend you have as many of your machines as possible/reasonable peer
> with each other.

Does this really help unless each peer has at least one unique source of 
time?