What happens if that reference server goes down?
Articles and Tips: qna
15 May 2000
Q.
Dear Ab-end: I work for a computer manufacturer, and we were told by a consultant that we need a reference server for time synchronization for our cluster technology. However, I read in TID #2930686 that this is not the case, so we are basing our configuration on that. My question is, if you have a single reference server in the cluster, what happens if that reference server goes down?
--Skeptical in Skagway
A.
Dear Skeptical: According to Robert Wipfel of the Core Operating Systems team at Novell, there is no relationship between clustering and time synchronization. You should configure time synchronization exactly as you would for a regular network of file servers. So just forget there is even a cluster there, as it has no impact on or relationship with time synchronization.
* Originally published in Novell AppNotes
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