NTP - What impact might NTP have on Oracle8 databases?

From: Kevin Criss <kcriss_at_dwd.state.in.us>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:30:17 -0500

     [Q] What impact might NTP have on Oracle8 databases?
     
     Reference: RFC 1305
                ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/doc/rfc/rfc1305.txt
                
                RFC 1361
                http://www.kaska.demon.co.uk/rfc1361.htm
                
                PUBLIC NTP TIME SERVERS
                http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm
     
                NTP - FAQ
                http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/database/FAQ/faq3C.htm
                
     
     There is a lot of research out there but sooooo little time. :)
                
     We are thinking about using NTP, Network time protocol to adjust our
     system clocks. We would use XNTP to synchronize the clocks of (3)
     UNIX servers and (7) NT servers to network time. We are in the
     process of selecting time servers and requesting permission to poll
     those services.
     
     We also have Oracle8 databases, several in fact. Before we implement
     NTP we wonder what impact synchronizing time would have on living
     database. Are there any gotchas we should be concerned about? Are
     there any horror stories to tell? Does anyone out there use it, or
     does everyone use it? What impact would setting a clock backwards
     have on a running database?
     
     
     Sincerely
     Kevin Criss
     
     
     
        
Received on Tue Mar 23 1999 - 18:40:51 NZST