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Can someone explain how this works? My laptop synchronizes time by performing a network request to Microsoft's servers, but my laptop doesn't need microsecond a
by arcastroe 3y ago
Can someone explain how this works? My laptop synchronizes time by performing a network request to Microsoft's servers, but my laptop doesn't need microsecond accuracy.
In Amazon's case, a network request to synchronize time would take orders of magnitudes longer than microseconds. Is there specialized hardware involved? Or multiple requests to pin down the accuracy?
- layer8 3y agoNetwork latency doesn’t matter as long as the latency is consistent. The limiting factor is how much the roundtrip time varies.
- DistractionRect 3y agoSecond half of the second sentence: > ... customers can now access local, GPS-disciplined reference clocks on supported EC2 Instances. Specialized hardware.
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