[PVE-User] NTP on PVE8...

[Marco Gaiarin]

Mandi! Alwin Antreich
  In chel di` si favelave...

> systemd-timesyncd only uses one server to update its time, which can lead to
> time jumps when this NTP can't be accessed reliably. NTPs (eg. ntpd/chrony) are
> usually using 3+ servers to calculate a mean time and compensate for jitter and
> other delays.

systemd-timesyncd does not use one server, have also fallback one (or use
round robin); surely 'mean/compensate' is better then fallback and round
robin, but...

> This allows to keep the time more stable and especially helps
> when Ceph or HA is enabled. ;)

...clearly i'm speaking of standalone server or non-HA, non-Ceph clusters!


Anyway, the statement:

>> WARN: systemd-timesyncd is not the best choice for time-keeping on servers, due to only applying updates on boot.

it is not true: i suggest to remove at least 'due to only applying updates on boot'.


(clearly, for future 'pve8to9' scripts... ;-)

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