[ntp:questions] Re: Problem with good synchronization.
David L. Mills
mills at udel.edu
Sat Oct 16 03:59:45 UTC 2004
Harlan,
The problem I observed was, when three strata bulls and a number of cows
were involved, developed a deadly embrace where the cows saw the stratum
oscillate first to one bull and then another. This caused frequent
timeouts as the cows waited for a stratum lower than theirs to come
back. The bottom line is not to be so adventurous, keep the bulls at one
stratum and let the cows eat equal stratum grass.
Dave
Harlan Stenn wrote:
> Dave,
>
> Please say more - I have been doing it this way for years.
>
> When "all is well" *everybody* syncs to the main server, and then
> everybody except the main server runs at S+1.
>
> If the main server fails folks slowly sniff around and the #2 box soon
> becomes the "lead dog".
>
> On rare occasions I see a clique form, but it is usually short-lived and
> I have never seen a case where the different cliques have "significantly"
> different time.
>
> H
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