[CentOS] NTP

Tue Apr 3 04:59:25 UTC 2007
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

Steve Huff wrote:
> 
> how large is your local network?  arguably you should be using at least 
> two, and ideally three, timeservers on the local network; ntp works ok 
> with only one source of time, but times will converge much more quickly 
> with multiple sources of time.

Unless something has changed recently, ntp doesn't believe in multiple 
sources of time.  It will pick the one it thinks is best and ignore the 
others, and it adjusts the clock fractional seconds at at time so you 
don't miss any timer intervals.

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   Les Mikesell
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