[ntp:questions] ntpd just doesnt sync (but ntpdate does!)
Richard B. Gilbert
rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Fri Nov 14 21:41:10 UTC 2008
Marc Logemann wrote:
> Hi,
>
> believe it or not. After SOME HOURS .... now my server sync with the
> uplink NTP Server. Really dont understand why it needs that long to
> get the correct sync status.
>
Perhaps NTPD is more concerned with accuracy than with speed of
convergence. Others have complained that ntpd converges slowly
following a cold start. I think that, clearly, it is best to run ntpd
24x7 if you want the correct time at all times.
Some very modest hardware in terms of both hardware cost and power
consumption can run NTPD very well indeed. See; e.g. the single board
computers that Poul-Henning Kamp (PHK) uses.
http://phk.freebsd.dk/soekris/pps/
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