How to sync system clock faster with the NTP (Network Time Protocol) Daemon on Red Hat Enterprise Linux?

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Issue

  • When ntpd service is restarted, it takes several minutes before clock is being synchronised.
  • ntp server slow sync after reboot.
  • After booting or restarting the ntp server . The server ,which synchronizing from two sources take few minutes to synchronize . Clients using this server as source will take up to 10 min to get synchronized after synchronizing there no evidence of any problem .

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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