What are the maximum number of reference servers that can be in ntp.conf?

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Issue

What is the max number of reference servers allowed in ntp.conf. If there is, please provide details why it is not a good idea to go above this value.

I have 8 available servers and wanted to use all of them.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • ntp

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