[ntp:questions] More Granularity in the US in the NTP Pool

Hal Murray hal-usenet at ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net
Tue Sep 11 23:32:57 UTC 2007


>Suppose a ntpd client can pick up 5 random pool servers, and
>periodically (say once a day) replace the 'worst' server
>by randomly picking a new one.

I like that suggestion.  But, ignoring implementation details,
how do you decide which of two servers is "better"?

Is a server with 20 ms of jitter all of the time better or
worse than a server with 10 ms of jitter most of the time but
25 ms of jitter for an hour a day?

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