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On 2013-04-25 10:40 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
> For contrast, having all nodes sync to pool.ntp.org results in time
> variance of up to 2-3 minutes across a dozen or so machines.

That makes no sense...

Not calling you a liar or anything, but it just doesn't make sense.

I can see that it might take each system different times to get fully 
sync'd, but for them to consistently vary by this amount? No, something 
else is wrong.

Are these virtualized servers?