Just for log purposes and possibly providing it to our clients as an added
service at no charge of course.
I don't see us needing to get very granular in the details of the times on the
logs....
> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 10:09:25 -0700
> From: ra...@psg.com
> To: brandon....@brandontek.com
> CC: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Re: NTP Server
>
> > 1) How necessary do you believe in local NTP servers? Do you really
> > need the logs to be perfectly accurate?
>
> what is "perfectly accurate?" perfection is not very realistic. to
> what use do you put these logs? what precision and jitter are required
> for that use?
>
> imiho, if you are just comparing router and server log files, run off
> public. if you are trying to do fine-grained measurement, you are going
> to invest a lot in clock and propagation research.
>
> > 2) If you do have a local NTP server, is it only for local internal
> > use, or do you provide this NTP server to your clients as an added
> > service?
>
> i would generally let customers chime off routers which are strat 2 or
> 3. if a customer has other needs, then they can deal. if they are
> really concerned, they should not bet on me anyway.
>
> > 3) If you do have a local NTP server, do you have a standby local NTP
> > server or do you use the internet as your standby server?
>
> again, depends on your needs.
>
> randy
