[OpenAFS] Time Sync?

Jimmy Engelbrecht jimmy@e.kth.se
26 Aug 2002 15:35:35 +0200


Michael Aldrich <maldrich@reserveamerica.com> writes:

> This network is located in California. I need to add two more servers and 
> about the same number of clients to a NY location. My question is (because 
> AFS relies on time synchronization), how can this be accomplished with the 
> three hour time difference between NY & CA? Is it even possible?

The cell openafs.org runs one fileserver in Europe/Stockholm and one in
USA/Pittsburgh . I have seen no problems, this is because computers use
UTC-time when they communicate with each other.

UTC-time is the same all over the universe.

/Jimmy