On 3/09/2010, at 4:24 PM, Nathan Ward wrote:
I note that there are three servers - I am surprised that there is not a fourth to allow for redundancy. Is that a cost decision?
I've always understood that three is enough for redundancy. The client can tell when one goes awry by comparing with the other two. Admittedly if one goes down then the client can't tell that but we can pursue that logic ad infinitum no matter how many servers there are. Do you see it differently? And yes, cost was a notable factor. cheers Jay
Looks like a good project anyway! It'll be good to have some time servers that are formally publicly available and maintained - I never have been sure of the state of the ihug/massey/waikato/etc. NTP servers that I've configured boxes to use in the past.
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