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NG7M Stratum 1 NTP Server Syracuse Utah

Report generated: Fri May 3 20:00:01 2024 UTC
Start Time: Thu May 2 20:00:01 2024 UTC
End Time: Fri May 3 20:00:01 2024 UTC
Report Period: 1.0 days

Local Clock Time/Frequency Offsets

local offset plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Time Offset -3,735.000 -784.000 -330.000 21.000 207.000 329.000 736.000 537.000 1,113.000 201.603 -9.721 ns -8.258 74.89
Local Clock Frequency Offset 23.987 25.375 30.197 37.155 41.214 41.809 41.885 11.017 16.434 3.129 37.370 ppb 1342 1.5e+04

The time and frequency offsets between the ntpd calculated time and the local system clock. Showing frequency offset (red, in parts per million, scale on right) and the time offset (blue, in μs, scale on left). Quick changes in time offset will lead to larger frequency offsets.

These are fields 3 (time) and 4 (frequency) from the loopstats log file.



Local RMS Time Jitter

local jitter plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local RMS Time Jitter 79.000 96.000 119.000 216.000 468.000 676.000 1,905.000 349.000 580.000 131.444 245.116 ns 7.245 53

The RMS Jitter of the local clock offset. In other words, how fast the local clock offset is changing.

Lower is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0μs.

RMS jitter is field 5 in the loopstats log file.



Local RMS Frequency Jitter

local stability plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 14.000 19.000 22.000 37.000 88.000 122.000 324.000 66.000 103.000 23.910 43.816 10e-12 6.783 46.38

The RMS Frequency Jitter (aka wander) of the local clock's frequency. In other words, how fast the local clock changes frequency.

Lower is better. An ideal clock would be a horizontal line at 0ppm.

RMS Frequency Jitter is field 6 in the loopstats log file.



Local Clock Time Offset Histogram

local offset histogram plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Offset -3,735.000 -784.000 -330.000 21.000 207.000 329.000 736.000 537.000 1,113.000 201.603 -9.721 ns -8.258 74.89

The clock offsets of the local clock as a histogram.

The Local Clock Offset is field 3 from the loopstats log file.



Server Offsets

peer offsets plot

The offset of all refclocks and servers. This can be useful to see if offset changes are happening in a single clock or all clocks together.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 192.168.1.203

peer offset 192.168.1.203 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 192.168.1.203 -69.714 -27.414 -20.860 -4.777 11.220 18.409 73.016 32.080 45.823 11.312 -4.311 µs -5.345 21.6

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 192.168.1.205

peer offset 192.168.1.205 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 192.168.1.205 -75.498 -70.093 -66.887 -55.172 -42.822 -39.363 -24.385 24.065 30.730 7.621 -55.018 µs -579.9 4969

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 192.168.1.206

peer offset 192.168.1.206 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 192.168.1.206 -85.832 -83.038 -78.741 -64.931 -50.129 -44.825 -41.113 28.612 38.213 8.618 -64.991 µs -648.5 5757

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 198.60.22.240

peer offset 198.60.22.240 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 198.60.22.240 6.689 6.716 6.745 7.576 8.288 8.440 8.457 1.543 1.725 0.424 7.533 ms 4753 8.048e+04

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset 216.239.35.8

peer offset 216.239.35.8 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 216.239.35.8 -392.785 -388.747 -330.495 -103.696 201.607 275.652 313.216 532.102 664.399 153.297 -90.631 µs -8.42 21.93

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Offset PPS(0)

peer offset PPS(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset PPS(0) -3,736.000 -785.000 -331.000 22.000 208.000 330.000 737.000 539.000 1,115.000 202.234 -9.583 ns -8.224 74.21

The offset of a server in seconds. This is useful to see how the measured offset is behaving.

The chart also plots offset±rtt, where rtt is the round trip time to the server. NTP can not really know the offset of a remote chimer, NTP computes it by subtracting rtt/2 from the offset. Plotting the offset±rtt reverses this calculation to more easily see the effects of rtt changes.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s. Typical 90% ranges may be: local LAN server 80µs; 90% ranges for WAN server may be 4ms and much larger.

Clock Offset is field 5 in the peerstats log file. The Round Trip Time (rtt) is field 6 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitters

peer jitters plot

The RMS Jitter of all refclocks and servers. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 192.168.1.203

peer jitter 192.168.1.203 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 192.168.1.203 2.510 3.306 4.756 10.171 22.181 68.602 611.719 17.425 65.296 39.795 14.009 µs 12.07 177.5

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 192.168.1.205

peer jitter 192.168.1.205 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 192.168.1.205 0.965 1.803 3.175 8.306 19.154 26.327 738.888 15.979 24.524 28.536 10.424 µs 22.52 570

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 192.168.1.206

peer jitter 192.168.1.206 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 192.168.1.206 2.016 2.480 3.791 9.590 20.541 26.344 32.371 16.750 23.864 5.367 10.602 µs 4.841 14.44

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 198.60.22.240

peer jitter 198.60.22.240 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 198.60.22.240 5.717 9.471 12.579 40.630 108.121 309.994 1,804.475 95.542 300.523 141.247 59.406 µs 9.246 112.3

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter 216.239.35.8

peer jitter 216.239.35.8 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 216.239.35.8 76.956 103.214 121.344 216.114 511.548 951.664 1,061.470 390.204 848.450 150.781 257.178 µs 5.17 22.87

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Server Jitter PPS(0)

peer jitter PPS(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter PPS(0) 31.000 55.000 77.000 173.000 538.000 906.000 3,775.000 461.000 851.000 181.414 222.242 ns 5.792 67.22

The RMS Jitter of a server. Jitter is the current estimated dispersion, in other words the variation in offset between samples.

Closer to 0s is better. An ideal system would be a horizontal line at 0s.

RMS Jitter is field 8 in the peerstats log file.



Summary


Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Frequency Offset 23.987 25.375 30.197 37.155 41.214 41.809 41.885 11.017 16.434 3.129 37.370 ppb 1342 1.5e+04
Local Clock Time Offset -3,735.000 -784.000 -330.000 21.000 207.000 329.000 736.000 537.000 1,113.000 201.603 -9.721 ns -8.258 74.89
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 14.000 19.000 22.000 37.000 88.000 122.000 324.000 66.000 103.000 23.910 43.816 10e-12 6.783 46.38
Local RMS Time Jitter 79.000 96.000 119.000 216.000 468.000 676.000 1,905.000 349.000 580.000 131.444 245.116 ns 7.245 53
Server Jitter 192.168.1.203 2.510 3.306 4.756 10.171 22.181 68.602 611.719 17.425 65.296 39.795 14.009 µs 12.07 177.5
Server Jitter 192.168.1.205 0.965 1.803 3.175 8.306 19.154 26.327 738.888 15.979 24.524 28.536 10.424 µs 22.52 570
Server Jitter 192.168.1.206 2.016 2.480 3.791 9.590 20.541 26.344 32.371 16.750 23.864 5.367 10.602 µs 4.841 14.44
Server Jitter 198.60.22.240 5.717 9.471 12.579 40.630 108.121 309.994 1,804.475 95.542 300.523 141.247 59.406 µs 9.246 112.3
Server Jitter 216.239.35.8 76.956 103.214 121.344 216.114 511.548 951.664 1,061.470 390.204 848.450 150.781 257.178 µs 5.17 22.87
Server Jitter PPS(0) 31.000 55.000 77.000 173.000 538.000 906.000 3,775.000 461.000 851.000 181.414 222.242 ns 5.792 67.22
Server Offset 192.168.1.203 -69.714 -27.414 -20.860 -4.777 11.220 18.409 73.016 32.080 45.823 11.312 -4.311 µs -5.345 21.6
Server Offset 192.168.1.205 -75.498 -70.093 -66.887 -55.172 -42.822 -39.363 -24.385 24.065 30.730 7.621 -55.018 µs -579.9 4969
Server Offset 192.168.1.206 -85.832 -83.038 -78.741 -64.931 -50.129 -44.825 -41.113 28.612 38.213 8.618 -64.991 µs -648.5 5757
Server Offset 198.60.22.240 6.689 6.716 6.745 7.576 8.288 8.440 8.457 1.543 1.725 0.424 7.533 ms 4753 8.048e+04
Server Offset 216.239.35.8 -392.785 -388.747 -330.495 -103.696 201.607 275.652 313.216 532.102 664.399 153.297 -90.631 µs -8.42 21.93
Server Offset PPS(0) -3,736.000 -785.000 -331.000 22.000 208.000 330.000 737.000 539.000 1,115.000 202.234 -9.583 ns -8.224 74.21
Summary as CSV file

Glossary:

frequency offset:
The difference between the ntpd calculated frequency and the local system clock frequency (usually in parts per million, ppm)
jitter, dispersion:
The short term change in a value. NTP measures Local Time Jitter, Refclock Jitter, and Server Jitter in seconds. Local Frequency Jitter is in ppm or ppb.
kurtosis, Kurt:
The kurtosis of a random variable X is the fourth standardized moment and is a dimension-less ratio. ntpviz uses the Pearson's moment coefficient of kurtosis. A normal distribution has a kurtosis of three. NIST describes a kurtosis over three as "heavy tailed" and one under three as "light tailed".
ms, millisecond:
One thousandth of a second = 0.001 seconds, 1e-3 seconds
mu, mean:
The arithmetic mean: the sum of all the values divided by the number of values. The formula for mu is: "mu = (∑xi) / N". Where xi denotes the data points and N is the number of data points.
ns, nanosecond:
One billionth of a second, also one thousandth of a microsecond, 0.000000001 seconds and 1e-9 seconds.
percentile:
The value below which a given percentage of values fall.
ppb, parts per billion:
Ratio between two values. These following are all the same: 1 ppb, one in one billion, 1/1,000,000,000, 0.000,000,001, 1e-9 and 0.000,000,1%
ppm, parts per million:
Ratio between two values. These following are all the same: 1 ppm, one in one million, 1/1,000,000, 0.000,001, and 0.000,1%
‰, parts per thousand:
Ratio between two values. These following are all the same: 1 ‰. one in one thousand, 1/1,000, 0.001, and 0.1%
refclock:
Reference clock, a local GPS module or other local source of time.
remote clock:
Any clock reached over the network, LAN or WAN. Also called a peer or server.
time offset:
The difference between the ntpd calculated time and the local system clock's time. Also called phase offset.
σ, sigma:
Sigma denotes the standard deviation (SD) and is centered on the arithmetic mean of the data set. The SD is simply the square root of the variance of the data set. Two sigma is simply twice the standard deviation. Three sigma is three times sigma. Smaller is better.
The formula for sigma is: "σ = √[ ∑(xi-mu)^2 / N ]". Where xi denotes the data points and N is the number of data points.
skewness, Skew:
The skewness of a random variable X is the third standardized moment and is a dimension-less ratio. ntpviz uses the Pearson's moment coefficient of skewness. Wikipedia describes it best: "The qualitative interpretation of the skew is complicated and unintuitive."
A normal distribution has a skewness of zero.
upstream clock:
Any server or reference clock used as a source of time.
µs, us, microsecond:
One millionth of a second, also one thousandth of a millisecond, 0.000,001 seconds, and 1e-6 seconds.



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