<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>This is output from my 17 year old server, i386, 32-bit, no TXCO, cheap hardware, sitting in an airconditioned office where staff keep fiddling with the thermostat (the large unit is 20 years old, so you are either cold or very cold).</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace">root@ntpmon:~# uptime<br> 10:20:02 up 14 days, 9:33, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.03, 0.00<br>root@ntpmon:~# ntpq -pnu<br> remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter<br>=======================================================================================================<br>*SHM(1) .PPS. 0 l 93 64 376 0ns -5.526us 5.343us<br>-SHM(0) .GPS. 0 l 27 64 377 0ns 74.723ms 63.766ms<br>-2604:a880:1:20::17:5001 64.142.122.37 2 8 6 64 377 190.57ms 964.59us 157.85us<br>-2a03:b0c0:1:d0::1f9:f001 193.62.22.74 2 8 54 64 377 229.74ms 2.4097ms 177.81us<br>-2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:11 192.87.36.4 2 8 32 64 377 195.16ms 13.216ms 117.49us<br>-2606:4700:f1::1 10.23.8.4 3 8 53 64 377 38.222ms -2.133ms 199.36us<br>+2403:5000:171:11::2 .MRS. 1 u 36 64 377 38.352ms 591.67us 71.542us<br> 2404:e800:3:300:218:186:3:36 .STEP. 16 u - 1024 0 0ns 0ns 477ns<br>+118.143.17.82 .MRS. 1 u 59 64 377 36.238ms -1.341ms 26.321us<br>-193.204.114.231 .CTD. 1 u 54 64 357 255.54ms 40.967ms 63.054us<br> 131.107.13.100 .STEP. 16 u - 1024 0 0ns 0ns 477ns<br>root@ntpmon:~#</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>
<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">2604:a880:1:20::17:5001 i</span>s <a href="http://ntp1.glypnod.com">ntp1.glypnod.com</a>. 2403:5000:171:11::2 is in Hong Kong.</div><div><br></div><div>If I can get this on crap hardware, poorly maintained and tuned, on the other end of the world from <a href="http://glypnod.com">glypnod.com</a> , I assume there is low-hanging fruit still possible. Letting Hal or Gary near it should push it to 100us, I assume.</div><div><br></div><div>PS: My official reason for not using newer hardware is "I am making sure NTPsec and gpsd do not drop support for i386". :-)<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">-- <br>Sanjeev Gupta<br>+65 98551208 <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/ghane" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/ghane</a></div></div><br></div></div><br></div>