What does "spike_detect" ntp messages mean?
Issue
- What does "spike_detect" ntp messages mean?
- Are the NTP servers failing? Is there any problem with the NTP client?
2014-04-10T12:05:08.000+12:00 hostname ntpd[2425]: 0.0.0.0 c515 05 clock_sync
2014-04-10T12:09:29.000+12:00 hostname ntpd[2425]: 0.0.0.0 0613 03 spike_detect -0.368888 s
2014-04-10T12:31:22.000+12:00 hostname ntpd[2425]: 0.0.0.0 061c 0c clock_step -0.371011 s
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
- ntp
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