Which option in the chrony configuration file changes the initial interval of polls to a NTP server in order to speed up the initial synchronization?
Which option in the chrony configuration file changes the initial interval of polls to a NTP server in order to speed up the initial synchronization?
The correct option is 'iburst'. In a chrony configuration file, the 'iburst' option speeds up the initial synchronization to a NTP server. When specified, 'iburst' sends a burst of eight packets at intervals to quickly determine if the server is reachable and to synchronize the time faster than standard polling intervals. This option is particularly useful for reducing the delay in the initial time synchronization process.
For those who want to know..there was two options you can use Burst and IBurst as per below BURST and IBURST in NTP is useful for initially and quickly calibrating a system clock. Note that the packet spacing is about 2s in NIOS's NTP for both BURST and IBURST, unlike the traditional 16s (for IBURST) in default NTP, this is to further hasten the synchronization of clocks. BURST sends a burst of eight packets when the server is reachable, and is used to accurately measure jitter with long poll intervals. IBURST sends a burst of eight packets when the server is unreachable (tries to find out if a host is reachable), and then shorten the time until the first sync. We specify the NTP IBURST for faster clock synchronization. This option is considered “aggressive” by some public NTP servers. If an NTP server is unresponsive, the IBURST mode continues to send frequent queries until the server responds and time synchronization starts
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