[ntp:questions] chrony as a server
William Unruh
unruh at invalid.ca
Mon Feb 16 07:59:52 UTC 2015
On 2015-02-16, David Taylor <david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
> On 15/02/2015 22:40, Rob wrote:
>> I am experimenting with chrony 1.31 as an alternative on some PPS
>> synchronized servers. It appears to run OK, it is tracking very nicely:
> []
>
> For me, there are two show-stoppers with Chrony:
>
> - no support for standard NTP monitoring commands.
?? There are chonyc which is its own monitoring. chrony is not ntpd, so
why would you expect ntpc monitoring commands to work?
>
> - no support for ref-clocks on Windows.
No support for windows at all, never mind refclocks.
>
> Like many others, I have built up a considerable monitoring architecture
> based on using ntpq, in particular the ntpq -crv, and ntpq -pn
> commands. Any replacement whether it be Chrony or ntimed would need to
> address this. Remote monitoring is an essential requirement, and
> compatibility with the installed base would be a huge advantage.
>
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