[ntp:questions] Recommendations for good NIC cards
unruh
unruh at wormhole.physics.ubc.ca
Sat Apr 17 17:17:52 UTC 2010
On 2010-04-15, Russell, David <David.Russell at dowjones.com> wrote:
> I have seen several comments saying that the NIC card in an NTP client can make a difference in how well NTP will perform.
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> My servers are Dells running RedHat.
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> Does anyone have any recommendations for a particularly good NIC card for Gigabit speeds? I am also interested in knowing if there are any known clunkers.
I suspect GB cards are worse than 100MB cards in the latency department.
I have had a number which produced much worse results for ntp ( some
sort of store and hold in the cards).
You certainly do not need GB speeds for ntp.
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> Thanks,
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> David Russell
>
> David R. Russell
> CCIE #5751
>
> Dow Jones and Company
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> David.Russell at dowjones.com<mailto:David.Russell at dowjones.com>
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