<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8960p" data-offset-key="5kat9-0-0" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div data-offset-key="5kat9-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="5kat9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">How many NTP servers do you guys run?</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8960p" data-offset-key="6cp8n-0-0" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div data-offset-key="6cp8n-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="6cp8n-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8960p" data-offset-key="57rac-0-0" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div data-offset-key="57rac-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="57rac-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">I just spun up two NTP servers in different locations on this network. Metaswitch just asked me for at least four (preferably five, or even more). Right now, the ones I have are just referencing the US pool. Eventually, they'll reference on-net GPS-backed devices.</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8960p" data-offset-key="b7kpc-0-0" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div data-offset-key="b7kpc-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="b7kpc-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8960p" data-offset-key="7voor-0-0" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div data-offset-key="7voor-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="7voor-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Is having four VMs running NTP a ridiculous proposition (well, other than resources, which it'll consume very little)? I should be able to work out putting them on four different physical servers at the moment, but I don't know that we'll have four or more physical servers once I get new ones (and consolidate).</span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8960p" data-offset-key="asrkq-0-0" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div data-offset-key="asrkq-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="asrkq-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;"><br data-text="true"></span></div></div><div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="8960p" data-offset-key="aul80-0-0" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(29, 33, 41); font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div data-offset-key="aul80-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj" style="position: relative; direction: ltr; font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="aul80-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Thoughts?</span></div></div><br><div><span name="x"></span><br><br>-----<br>Mike Hammett<br>Intelligent Computing Solutions<br>http://www.ics-il.com<br><br><br><br>Midwest Internet Exchange<br>http://www.midwest-ix.com<br><br><span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>