[ntp:questions] Stability problem on PowerEdge (SuSE 9.3)

Till Wimmer news-dfn at substring.ch
Sat Feb 24 18:25:46 UTC 2007


Richard B. gilbert wrote:

> 
> Three of your servers have round trip delays that are extreme by most 
> standards.  Try to find servers closer to you.  I don't use pool servers 
> myself but I believe that you can select regional servers by; e.g.
> us.pool.ntp.org for servers in the United states
> eu.pool.ntp.org for servers in Europe
> etc.
> 
> Twenty milliseconds round trip delay is a good number.  Make every 
> effort to stay below thirty milliseconds.
> 
Thanx for the prompt answer!

OK, i understand: PPS aren't relevant because PPS isn't enabled.

Now i put [..3].ch.pool.ntp.org in the ntp.conf.

The delays decreased a lot!

      remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
*bigben.solnet.c 195.66.241.3     2 u   34   64    7   29.746    3.248   3.301
+elk.trapper.ch  10.0.0.2         2 u   30   64    7   24.517    1.666   6.871
+soho.solnet.ch  131.188.3.221    2 u   35   64    7   13.905    0.834   3.194
-entry.verboten. 130.149.17.21    2 u   29   64    7   14.606    4.572   2.314
  LOCAL(0)        LOCAL(0)        13 l   31   64    7    0.000    0.000   0.001


So let's see in a few hours...

b.g.
Till





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