[time] peer group

[Chuck Swiger]

On Mar 13, 2007, at 8:30 AM, Kiss Gabor wrote:
> I run seven stratum2 pool servers on 3 different IP networks
> within the same building. All of them are well connected. (100 Mbps)
> However different HW platforms and temperature conditions produce
> variable quality.
>
> I wonder if forming peer groups offers some benefits or not.
> How peering affects offset or other quality parameters?
> Is it worth to work on it?

Certainly it is worth configuring all of your local NTP servers to  
query each other as peers-- having at least 5 servers set up helps  
the NTP falseticker algorithm choose more stable clocks.  It's not  
going to be a big problem if you don't set them up as peers, but it  
will help....

-- 
-Chuck