On Thu, 20 May 2004 21:08:43 -0700 Michael Sinatra <michael@rancid.berkeley.edu> wrote:
I run two stratum-1 servers and a few stratum-2s and I provide time via multicast (224.0.0.1), but I don't use it for my servers, except for
Presumably you meant 224.0.1.1.
testing and verification. I am also providing anycast ntp, and, if the belt and suspenders weren't enough, I am experimenting with manycast.
Noting that NTP uses more than a reply response message exchange. No concerns about session breakage? SNTP would certainly be a very viable candidate for anycast. Except in the extreme case such as wisc.edu's unfortunate experience, does multicast buy much? Traffic loads for properly running clients and distributed servers tend to be relatively low in my experience. John