Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 13:53:24 +0000 (UTC) From: Duane Hill <d.hill@yournetplus.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Time Synchronizing Between Two Servers Message-ID: <20070503135134.B85770@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> In-Reply-To: <511300DD-22CA-464A-814B-C5398CB93483@goldmark.org> References: <20070503014137.I3544@duane.dbq.yournetplus.com> <511300DD-22CA-464A-814B-C5398CB93483@goldmark.org>
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On Thu, 3 May 2007, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > On May 2, 2007, at 8:45 PM, Duane Hill wrote: > >> >> I have two servers that have to have their time synchronized between the >> two to within one second. What is recommended? >> >> Currently, I have ntpd running on one and have the other synchronizing it's >> time off the first. > > ntp is the right way to do things. You could set each server as an ntp peer > of the other. That way. And, as others pointed out, you could have one of > them use an external lower stratum (closer to reference servers) to sync > properly with the rest of the world which is useful if you want your logs to > match up properly with the rest of us. Yes. I have the one server set to sync with the "world" and the other server syncs its time off the first. The two servers insert and update information in a MySQL table and one such piece if information is based on time. Everything we do here is all based on UTC.
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