[time-nuts] Noob question, NTP stratum 1.

[wildylion]

Alright, I agree.

The point is: do we ever need S1 NTPs? I think, this could be a nice addition if properly realized, but right now I'm not sure if I can propose it.

Anyway, going to plan moving these NTPs from the Cisco gear (where they didn't belong from the start, anyway).


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On Monday, 22 July 2019 г., 22:01, Mike Cook <mike.cook at orange.fr> wrote:

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> > All the certified GNSS disciplined clocks are really expensive (way more than the management would approve), so what I'm planning to do is possibly getting a couple LeoNTP units and using them as the root time sources, would this be a good plan? Of course, all the NTP infrastructure will be monitored, and possibly we'll use Stratum 2 servers which would be slaved to
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> Your management needs educating. Your whole network architecture needs to be analyzed . What happens if a S1 server goes away , what happens when a switch dies , or a router…….
> 2 clocks is a bad idea. 2 clocks from the same manufacturer is a worse idea. If there is a FW issue in one it will get the other.
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> > GPSDO S1's AND the public NTP pool for sanity checks.
> > Maybe BG7TBL's units instead of LeoNTP?
> > Is that a good idea?
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> « What’s the point? »
> J.C.