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Re: [Xen-users] NTP service in DomU

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] NTP service in DomU
From: Luciano Rocha <strange@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 10:47:06 +0100
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On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 11:37:07AM +0200, Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:
> > well, you're right. It's not possible to have
> > independent ntp clients running in your domU's because
> > you only have one physical harware clock, right? ;)
> 
>  It seems is possible with independent_wallclock parameter in /proc/sys/xen
> 
> > And I can't really understand your argumentation about having
> > serveral domU's "around  the world"? In that case, don't you have
> > also several dom0's arrounf the world at that places?
> 
>  Imagine that environment: several VPS for client who are in differents 
>  locations around the world.
> 
>  A real example is: my hosts are in Spain but I've several clients in 
>  south-america; some of them want to sync their VPS with their own time, not 
>  with spanish-time.

Unless they live in a different world with a different rotation period,
that shouldn't be a problem.

In your specific case, the clients would only have to configer a correct
timezone, with the hardware clock configured as in UTC.

-- 
lfr
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