How many ntp servers should ntpd be configured to poll?
Issue
- When configuring the ntpd service via /etc/ntp.conf (or using
system-config-date
) how many servers should be added? Is there a maximum? What if one or two of the servers that are being synched with has the wrong time -- are the times averaged?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ntpd
from ntp package
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