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A-ntpsec-24-hour-stats

Report generated: Thu Apr 18 07:06:22 2024 UTC
Start Time: Wed Apr 17 07:06:21 2024 UTC
End Time: Thu Apr 18 07:06:21 2024 UTC
Report published: Thu Apr 18 12:06:28 AM 2024 PDT
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 -2.356 -1.477 -0.984 0.035 0.848 1.148 1.793 1.832 2.625 0.557 -0.000 µs -4.396 11.8
Local Clock Frequency Offset -413.910 -412.582 -409.576 -263.916 -126.877 -124.054 -122.833 282.699 288.528 94.770 -265.855 ppb -66.55 298.7

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 0.344 0.431 0.494 0.715 1.004 1.140 1.413 0.510 0.709 0.155 0.727 µs 61.43 275.3

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 129.000 164.000 190.000 262.000 361.000 412.000 505.000 171.000 248.000 52.488 267.269 10e-12 81.34 393.2

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 -2.356 -1.477 -0.984 0.035 0.848 1.148 1.793 1.832 2.625 0.557 -0.000 µs -4.396 11.8

The clock offsets of the local clock as a histogram.

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



Local Temperatures

local temps plot

Local temperatures. These will be site-specific depending upon what temperature sensors you collect data from. Temperature changes affect the local clock crystal frequency and stability. The math of how temperature changes frequency is complex, and also depends on crystal aging. So there is no easy way to correct for it in software. This is the single most important component of frequency drift.

The Local Temperatures are from field 3 from the tempstats log file.



Local Frequency/Temp

local freq temps plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Frequency Offset -413.910 -412.582 -409.576 -263.916 -126.877 -124.054 -122.833 282.699 288.528 94.770 -265.855 ppb -66.55 298.7
Temp ZONE0 45.084 45.622 46.160 47.236 49.388 49.388 49.388 3.228 3.766 1.079 47.451 °C

The frequency offsets and temperatures. Showing frequency offset (red, in parts per million, scale on right) and the temperatures.

These are field 4 (frequency) from the loopstats log file, and field 3 from the tempstats 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 169.229.128.134

peer offset 169.229.128.134 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 169.229.128.134 0.506 0.548 0.850 1.227 1.727 2.201 2.394 0.877 1.653 0.276 1.253 ms 55.45 245.3

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 173.11.101.155

peer offset 173.11.101.155 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 173.11.101.155 -3.787 -2.961 -1.853 -0.436 2.160 2.884 3.908 4.013 5.845 1.215 -0.200 ms -4.554 10.86

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 192.12.19.20

peer offset 192.12.19.20 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 192.12.19.20 1.527 1.662 1.805 2.153 2.637 3.030 3.484 0.832 1.368 0.280 2.193 ms 339.3 2479

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 64.142.122.36

peer offset 64.142.122.36 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 64.142.122.36 -0.450 1.316 1.575 1.995 2.472 2.815 2.968 0.897 1.499 0.315 2.007 ms 169 985.9

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 66.220.9.122

peer offset 66.220.9.122 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 66.220.9.122 -0.070 1.523 1.903 2.302 2.753 3.065 3.334 0.850 1.542 0.315 2.305 ms 268 1791

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 SHM(0)

peer offset SHM(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset SHM(0) -135.427 -134.779 -133.009 -130.218 -128.316 -127.745 -126.655 4.692 7.034 1.361 -130.429 ms -9.083e+05 8.799e+07

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 SHM(1)

peer offset SHM(1) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset SHM(1) -2.357 -1.478 -0.985 0.036 0.849 1.149 1.794 1.834 2.627 0.558 -0.000 µs -4.395 11.79

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 169.229.128.134

peer jitter 169.229.128.134 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 169.229.128.134 0.124 0.186 0.373 0.981 3.359 60.940 61.315 2.987 60.754 7.254 2.166 ms 5.233 43.81

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 173.11.101.155

peer jitter 173.11.101.155 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 173.11.101.155 0.470 0.546 0.833 1.814 5.691 121.468 122.059 4.858 120.922 12.120 3.482 ms 7.007 69.08

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 192.12.19.20

peer jitter 192.12.19.20 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 192.12.19.20 0.164 0.239 0.389 1.024 4.047 11.983 14.344 3.657 11.745 1.642 1.429 ms 4.422 29.24

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 64.142.122.36

peer jitter 64.142.122.36 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 64.142.122.36 0.191 0.253 0.349 1.189 3.044 17.399 17.487 2.695 17.146 2.705 1.707 ms 3.788 21.41

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 66.220.9.122

peer jitter 66.220.9.122 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 66.220.9.122 0.173 0.280 0.383 0.976 6.026 12.083 15.204 5.643 11.802 2.075 1.572 ms 3.455 19.2

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 SHM(0)

peer jitter SHM(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.030 0.064 0.091 0.262 0.839 1.165 2.027 0.747 1.101 0.247 0.340 ms 2.802 9.651

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 SHM(1)

peer jitter SHM(1) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter SHM(1) 0.100 0.262 0.357 0.674 1.299 1.646 2.587 0.942 1.384 0.297 0.734 µs 8.746 29.62

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 -413.910 -412.582 -409.576 -263.916 -126.877 -124.054 -122.833 282.699 288.528 94.770 -265.855 ppb -66.55 298.7
Local Clock Time Offset -2.356 -1.477 -0.984 0.035 0.848 1.148 1.793 1.832 2.625 0.557 -0.000 µs -4.396 11.8
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 129.000 164.000 190.000 262.000 361.000 412.000 505.000 171.000 248.000 52.488 267.269 10e-12 81.34 393.2
Local RMS Time Jitter 0.344 0.431 0.494 0.715 1.004 1.140 1.413 0.510 0.709 0.155 0.727 µs 61.43 275.3
Server Jitter 169.229.128.134 0.124 0.186 0.373 0.981 3.359 60.940 61.315 2.987 60.754 7.254 2.166 ms 5.233 43.81
Server Jitter 173.11.101.155 0.470 0.546 0.833 1.814 5.691 121.468 122.059 4.858 120.922 12.120 3.482 ms 7.007 69.08
Server Jitter 192.12.19.20 0.164 0.239 0.389 1.024 4.047 11.983 14.344 3.657 11.745 1.642 1.429 ms 4.422 29.24
Server Jitter 64.142.122.36 0.191 0.253 0.349 1.189 3.044 17.399 17.487 2.695 17.146 2.705 1.707 ms 3.788 21.41
Server Jitter 66.220.9.122 0.173 0.280 0.383 0.976 6.026 12.083 15.204 5.643 11.802 2.075 1.572 ms 3.455 19.2
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.030 0.064 0.091 0.262 0.839 1.165 2.027 0.747 1.101 0.247 0.340 ms 2.802 9.651
Server Jitter SHM(1) 0.100 0.262 0.357 0.674 1.299 1.646 2.587 0.942 1.384 0.297 0.734 µs 8.746 29.62
Server Offset 169.229.128.134 0.506 0.548 0.850 1.227 1.727 2.201 2.394 0.877 1.653 0.276 1.253 ms 55.45 245.3
Server Offset 173.11.101.155 -3.787 -2.961 -1.853 -0.436 2.160 2.884 3.908 4.013 5.845 1.215 -0.200 ms -4.554 10.86
Server Offset 192.12.19.20 1.527 1.662 1.805 2.153 2.637 3.030 3.484 0.832 1.368 0.280 2.193 ms 339.3 2479
Server Offset 64.142.122.36 -0.450 1.316 1.575 1.995 2.472 2.815 2.968 0.897 1.499 0.315 2.007 ms 169 985.9
Server Offset 66.220.9.122 -0.070 1.523 1.903 2.302 2.753 3.065 3.334 0.850 1.542 0.315 2.305 ms 268 1791
Server Offset SHM(0) -135.427 -134.779 -133.009 -130.218 -128.316 -127.745 -126.655 4.692 7.034 1.361 -130.429 ms -9.083e+05 8.799e+07
Server Offset SHM(1) -2.357 -1.478 -0.985 0.036 0.849 1.149 1.794 1.834 2.627 0.558 -0.000 µs -4.395 11.79
Temp ZONE0 45.084 45.622 46.160 47.236 49.388 49.388 49.388 3.228 3.766 1.079 47.451 °C
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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