Planning the Time Synchronization Strategy

This chapter describes how to plan a time synchronization strategy. The following topics are discussed:

Determining an Efficient Time Synchronization Method
Identifying an Efficient Time Source and Configuration

If you have a single server environment, you do not need to plan for time synchronization. Continue to the next procedure. See Creating an Accessibility Plan for more information.

Multiserver networks that meet the following conditions should accept all time synchronization defaults provided in NetWare^® 4^TM:

No WAN links exist
Fewer than thirty servers exist
Single time zone exists

See Defaults for more information. You might also want to review information about using a combination of internal and external time synchronization methods. See Using a Combination of Time Synchronization Methods for more information.