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if you need below 1 millisecond time accuracy, probably you know what you are doing and you wont mix NTP servers (and I think you need PTP for that)
by not-a-llm 3mo ago
if you need below 1 millisecond time accuracy, probably you know what you are doing and you wont mix NTP servers (and I think you need PTP for that)
- chaps 3mo agoYou'd think so. Legacy servers that've been running for ten years really puts a hitch in that.
- lesam 3mo agoUntil you work in financial markets and you want to measure latency vs a bunch of other servers you don't own, all of whom pick different smears (and some of whom aren't sure in advance which smears).
- not-a-llm 3mo agofinancial markets dont trade when the smears happen (NYE)
- _alternator_ 3mo agoThey can happen mid-year too. They usually don't for this reason, but they can.
- weakened_malloc 3mo agoDepends on the market. Crypto and prediction markets wont stop.
- lesam 3mo agoEarly in my career, I had to babysit our FX quoting app through the July 2015 leap second. And some things do trade 24/7 (though I wish they wouldn't, one auction per minute during US east coast business hours would be totally sufficient for most US markets).