[63342] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NTP, possible solutions, and best implementation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan J. Mehl)
Fri Oct 3 13:33:46 2003
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 13:32:56 -0400
From: "Nathan J. Mehl" <memory-nanog@blank.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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In the immortal words of Scott McGrath (mcgrath@fas.harvard.edu):
>
> 1 - Purchase a Cesium clock this is a Primary Time/Frequency standard
> which does not require access to a reference standard to maintain
> accuracy.
>
> This is a Stratum 0 source so once placed behind a Unix/Cisco/Juniper
> box you have a stratum 1 source. This will cost you 30,000 ->
> 100,000 US per unit. The beam tube will require replacement
> approx every 5 years for about 20,000 US.
They only cost that much new-in-box. :)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2560947055&category=25399
-n
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