ntp sync frequency

[Christopher K. Johnson]

Nina Pham wrote:

> by default, how often ntpd does the synchronization? can we change the 
> time interval? What are the pros and cons running ntpd? Alternative 
> way of ntpd is running cron. I think by running cron, we have more 
> control over time synchronization.
>
> Nina
>
>
Running ntpd is better.  And although you do not have control over the 
ntp time polling interval, ntpd does automatically reduce its frequency 
of polling as time adjustments and drift adjustments improve the 
correllation between local and reference time.  It is very low overhead.

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