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From: jitu@pivot.sbi.com (Jitu Davda)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp
Subject: General help-info
Message-ID: <1709@pivot.sbi.com>
Date: 1 Jun 91 22:56:05 GMT
Article-I.D.: pivot.1709
Organization: Pivot - Salomon Brothers, NY
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This is a standard posting requesting help/suggestions/guidance
from fellow netters using the NTP time deamons. I need to address
the following issues  ;

- I need to syncronize over 500 machine - almostly all
  exclusively Suns (490's, 330's and SparcStations at 4.1 & 4.1.1). 
  Since we also have International offices (London, Tokyo etc),
  I am looking for help on configuring such a large network and
  major pitfalls to avoid from people who may have already done
  large sites. ( help from people who have done smaller configurations
  will also be appreciated !) 
 
- I hear Suns are machines with 'bad' clocks. How bad are they
  really ? 

- Radio clocks, syncronization from internet stratum 1 hosts 
  or other external sources such as time observatories.  
  Should I be using one, two or a combination to provide
  good standard time keeping ? 

Again, Thanks for any help.

Jitu Davda                       | UUCP:  !pivot.sbi.com!jitu |Work(NY) 212-783-7708
Salomon Brothers, Pivot         
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New York, NY  10004              | Internet: jitu@pivot.sbi.com