On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 9:20 AM, David J Taylor < david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > From: Chris Albertson > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 4:55 PM > [] > > Power is a bigger issue. It really does cost a bit to keep some > machines owered up 24x7 and NTP needs to run all the time. It takes > NTP hours to stabilize and you want to wait 24 hours after to measure > performance. > [] > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > ==============================**================== > > > I see this "hours" or "many hours" figure quoted, and yet here NTP is > sufficiently accurate within a few minutes. For most uses "sufficiently" is about 0.1 seconds. Maybe 0.01 seconds for some critical data logging. But this being a time nuts list "sufficiently" means "unable, even with great effort to make it better." But also what is the point of a server it you don't run it 24x7? Chris Albertson Redondo Beach, California