[ntp:questions] What level of timesynch error is typical on Win XP?

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid
Thu Oct 21 15:00:30 UTC 2010


"Evandro Menezes" <evandro at mailinator.com> wrote in message 
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> Indeed, since Windows allows a process to be starved from running,
> depending on the load, a higher priority process may block NTP from
> running.  Therefore, although raising the priority for NTP doesn't
> mean that it cannot be starved, it does decrease the likelihood of
> that happening.
>
> Linux, on the other hand, favors fair process scheduling and strives
> to not starve any from running at least for a little while.
>
> HTH

Windows can run NTP at real-time priority, if you give the NTP user that 
right.  Normal user processes will not then pre-empt NTP.

Cheers,
David 




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