NTPsec

ntp-gps.gant-dodd.uk

Report generated: Fri Apr 3 04:38:03 2026 UTC
Start Time: Fri Mar 6 04:37:02 2026 UTC
End Time: Fri Apr 3 04:37:02 2026 UTC
Report Period: 28.0 days

Server Hardware:

Hat has default configuration (uses GPS+Glonass satelites for fix)

Access policy: Use of this server is by invitation only with one exception: while the server is a member of the NTP Pool use may be made of this server for time synchronisation through the NTP Pool subject to their Terms of Service for End-Users. Go to www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html for more information.

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 -182.353 -9.786 -3.673 0.291 2.175 5.297 165.930 5.848 15.083 2.956 -0.000 µs -2.445 198.4
Local Clock Frequency Offset -4.487 -1.695 -1.449 -0.665 -0.081 0.386 3.850 1.368 2.081 0.421 -0.704 ppm -0.1329 3.806

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 0.179 0.341 0.410 0.835 3.770 7.830 89.484 3.360 7.489 1.682 1.345 µs 8.771 171.3

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 1.406 2.509 3.205 9.888 42.454 85.344 703.781 39.249 82.835 17.651 14.902 ppb 6.565 102.3

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 -182.353 -9.786 -3.673 0.291 2.175 5.297 165.930 5.848 15.083 2.956 -0.000 µs -2.445 198.4

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 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz)

peer offset 2001:1488:ffff::100 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz) -16.865 -10.403 -2.751 -2.347 -0.747 -0.586 12.488 2.004 9.817 1.560 -2.360 ms -2.715 44.5

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 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org)

peer offset 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org) -16.877 -10.773 -3.324 -2.689 -2.120 -1.664 9.851 1.204 9.109 1.560 -2.822 ms -3.116 46.21

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 Offset 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk)

peer offset 2001:8b0:0:23::205 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) -30.193 -1.816 -1.410 -0.779 -0.045 0.352 8.473 1.366 2.168 0.855 -0.748 ms -15.28 521.8

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 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk)

peer offset 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) -194.601 -81.582 -56.625 -19.406 15.244 40.155 192.020 71.869 121.737 23.598 -19.818 µs 0.1449 8.755

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 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl)

peer offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl) -15.517 -8.780 -0.846 -0.512 -0.101 1.433 9.543 0.744 10.214 1.619 -0.653 ms -5.27 48.65

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 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se)

peer offset 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se) -29.189 -15.072 -4.690 -0.305 -0.048 0.108 11.212 4.643 15.179 3.131 -0.857 ms -5.325 39.42

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 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk)

peer offset 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk) -16.542 -4.524 -0.570 -0.233 0.125 0.258 13.180 0.695 4.782 1.255 -0.305 ms -4.579 95.05

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) -51.878 -13.754 -9.766 -2.816 0.388 1.653 5.212 10.154 15.407 3.159 -3.456 ms -1.607 8.278

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) -291.873 -15.743 -0.447 22.194 56.924 86.135 291.719 57.371 101.878 20.047 24.183 µs -0.06263 21.04

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 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 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz)

peer jitter 2001:1488:ffff::100 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz) 0.031 0.056 0.070 0.152 12.007 17.450 21.640 11.937 17.394 3.786 1.788 ms 2.744 10.02

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 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org)

peer jitter 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org) 0.038 0.070 0.097 0.311 8.774 13.997 14.138 8.677 13.927 2.972 1.631 ms 2.575 9.295

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 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk)

peer jitter 2001:8b0:0:23::205 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) 0.017 0.039 0.053 0.120 5.924 14.011 34.147 5.871 13.971 2.739 1.053 ms 4.58 30.28

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 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk)

peer jitter 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) 2.507 6.206 9.074 21.807 56.302 86.081 284.149 47.228 79.875 17.495 26.081 µs 3.499 30.89

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 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl)

peer jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl) 0.043 0.063 0.079 0.225 7.008 12.802 15.548 6.929 12.739 2.584 1.443 ms 2.629 10.33

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 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se)

peer jitter 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se) 0.030 0.043 0.054 0.129 9.643 16.022 26.038 9.588 15.979 3.552 1.806 ms 2.875 12.76

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 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk)

peer jitter 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk) 0.039 0.055 0.074 0.192 10.889 14.134 20.464 10.815 14.079 3.470 1.637 ms 2.635 9.232

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) 0.089 0.572 0.769 1.595 4.265 6.717 36.983 3.496 6.144 1.267 1.929 ms 3.338 27.97

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) 0.086 0.377 0.532 1.503 7.714 19.453 188.764 7.182 19.076 3.900 2.526 µs 8.344 148.1

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 -4.487 -1.695 -1.449 -0.665 -0.081 0.386 3.850 1.368 2.081 0.421 -0.704 ppm -0.1329 3.806
Local Clock Time Offset -182.353 -9.786 -3.673 0.291 2.175 5.297 165.930 5.848 15.083 2.956 -0.000 µs -2.445 198.4
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 1.406 2.509 3.205 9.888 42.454 85.344 703.781 39.249 82.835 17.651 14.902 ppb 6.565 102.3
Local RMS Time Jitter 0.179 0.341 0.410 0.835 3.770 7.830 89.484 3.360 7.489 1.682 1.345 µs 8.771 171.3
Server Jitter 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz) 0.031 0.056 0.070 0.152 12.007 17.450 21.640 11.937 17.394 3.786 1.788 ms 2.744 10.02
Server Jitter 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org) 0.038 0.070 0.097 0.311 8.774 13.997 14.138 8.677 13.927 2.972 1.631 ms 2.575 9.295
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) 0.017 0.039 0.053 0.120 5.924 14.011 34.147 5.871 13.971 2.739 1.053 ms 4.58 30.28
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) 2.507 6.206 9.074 21.807 56.302 86.081 284.149 47.228 79.875 17.495 26.081 µs 3.499 30.89
Server Jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl) 0.043 0.063 0.079 0.225 7.008 12.802 15.548 6.929 12.739 2.584 1.443 ms 2.629 10.33
Server Jitter 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se) 0.030 0.043 0.054 0.129 9.643 16.022 26.038 9.588 15.979 3.552 1.806 ms 2.875 12.76
Server Jitter 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk) 0.039 0.055 0.074 0.192 10.889 14.134 20.464 10.815 14.079 3.470 1.637 ms 2.635 9.232
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.089 0.572 0.769 1.595 4.265 6.717 36.983 3.496 6.144 1.267 1.929 ms 3.338 27.97
Server Jitter SHM(1) 0.086 0.377 0.532 1.503 7.714 19.453 188.764 7.182 19.076 3.900 2.526 µs 8.344 148.1
Server Offset 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz) -16.865 -10.403 -2.751 -2.347 -0.747 -0.586 12.488 2.004 9.817 1.560 -2.360 ms -2.715 44.5
Server Offset 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org) -16.877 -10.773 -3.324 -2.689 -2.120 -1.664 9.851 1.204 9.109 1.560 -2.822 ms -3.116 46.21
Server Offset 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) -30.193 -1.816 -1.410 -0.779 -0.045 0.352 8.473 1.366 2.168 0.855 -0.748 ms -15.28 521.8
Server Offset 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) -194.601 -81.582 -56.625 -19.406 15.244 40.155 192.020 71.869 121.737 23.598 -19.818 µs 0.1449 8.755
Server Offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl) -15.517 -8.780 -0.846 -0.512 -0.101 1.433 9.543 0.744 10.214 1.619 -0.653 ms -5.27 48.65
Server Offset 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se) -29.189 -15.072 -4.690 -0.305 -0.048 0.108 11.212 4.643 15.179 3.131 -0.857 ms -5.325 39.42
Server Offset 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk) -16.542 -4.524 -0.570 -0.233 0.125 0.258 13.180 0.695 4.782 1.255 -0.305 ms -4.579 95.05
Server Offset SHM(0) -51.878 -13.754 -9.766 -2.816 0.388 1.653 5.212 10.154 15.407 3.159 -3.456 ms -1.607 8.278
Server Offset SHM(1) -291.873 -15.743 -0.447 22.194 56.924 86.135 291.719 57.371 101.878 20.047 24.183 µs -0.06263 21.04
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.
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 FIsher-Pearson moment of skewness. There are other different ways to calculate Skewness Wikipedia describes Skewness best: "The qualitative interpretation of the skew is complicated and unintuitive."
A normal distribution has a skewness of zero.
Kurtosis, Kurt:
The kurtosis of a random variable X is the fourth standardized moment and is a dimension-less ratio. ntpviz uses standard Kurtosis. There are other different ways to calculate 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".
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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