[BBLISA] Runnign time sync on Windows?

[Dean Anderson]

Using AD for AD services is one thing, but AD time isn't a winner:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773061(WS.10).aspx
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We do not guarantee and we do not support the accuracy of the 
W32Time service between nodes on a network. The W32Time service is 
not a full-featured NTP solution that meets time-sensitive 
application needs. The W32Time service is primarily designed to do 
the following: 

Make the Kerberos version 5 authentication protocol work. 
Provide loose sync time for client computers.The W32Time service cannot 
reliably maintain sync time to the range of 1 to 2 seconds. Such 
tolerances are outside the design specification of the W32Time service.
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		--Dean


On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Rudie, Tony wrote:

> A question while we're not gathering to talk about Microsoft SCCM:
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> Has anyone used Windows servers for time synchronization in an
> enterprise data center?
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> We've talked in this forum about using Active Directory for Unix/Linux
> authentication and directory service, and in fact I am in the middle
> of a long project to do just that.  A couple of other projects will
> result in our having a formery multi-purpose set of Solaris boxes,
> whose only remaining function will be NTP stratum-2 service.
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> What does anyone think of using AD domain controllers as the focal
> points for time sync?
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> Tony Rudié
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> Server Architect, FIMT/TSO
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