[time-nuts] RasberryPi, timing and GPS receivers

Hal Murray hmurray at megapathdsl.net
Tue Oct 16 23:37:07 UTC 2012


> One does NOT need a dedicated server for NTP.  NTP can run on a linux system
> that is also a web and mail server or on e  linux desktop system that you
> use for web surfing and web browse ring, just as long as the box stays
> running and you don't turn it off. 

It's been discussed before, but probably worth repeating.

Don't overlook the cost of power.  If you have an old power-hungry CPU that 
you use for mail and web, leaving it on all the time can cost a lot.  The 
payoff time for replacing it with a low power system can be as low as a year 
or two.


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