NTPsec

ntp-gps.gant-dodd.uk

Report generated: Sat Apr 4 02:25:16 2026 UTC
Start Time: Sat Mar 28 02:25:02 2026 UTC
End Time: Sat Apr 4 02:25:02 2026 UTC
Report Period: 7.0 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 -121.358 -8.750 -3.291 0.256 1.994 5.015 125.863 5.285 13.765 2.803 -0.000 µs -2.111 190.4
Local Clock Frequency Offset -3.279 -1.503 -1.311 -0.496 0.057 0.293 1.916 1.368 1.795 0.433 -0.598 ppm -0.2271 2.691

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 0.207 0.333 0.400 0.775 3.434 7.128 58.866 3.034 6.795 1.749 1.254 µs 11.05 216.3

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 1.438 2.495 3.135 8.959 38.741 77.300 558.397 35.606 74.805 17.105 13.671 ppb 7.331 104.6

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 -121.358 -8.750 -3.291 0.256 1.994 5.015 125.863 5.285 13.765 2.803 -0.000 µs -2.111 190.4

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) -13.493 -10.748 -2.569 -2.280 -2.127 -2.082 -1.994 0.442 8.666 1.172 -2.456 ms -7.703 65.98

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) -13.840 -7.770 -3.031 -2.526 -1.939 -1.657 -1.611 1.092 6.113 1.000 -2.590 ms -7.959 78.07

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 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) -12.669 -2.313 -1.403 -0.828 0.013 0.259 0.400 1.415 2.572 0.513 -0.800 ms -6.82 149.1

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 -76.711 -50.051 -17.306 15.190 37.444 179.081 65.241 114.155 22.147 -17.196 µs -0.1498 12.13

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 -14.922 -0.983 -0.367 0.609 1.503 2.139 1.592 16.425 2.177 -0.683 ms -5.436 33.65

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 -26.629 -2.737 -0.173 -0.026 0.044 0.330 2.711 26.673 4.599 -1.169 ms -4.856 25.55

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 -12.589 -0.584 -0.276 0.139 0.223 0.798 0.723 12.812 1.648 -0.445 ms -8.227 73.65

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 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) -37.410 -13.538 -9.881 -2.982 0.214 1.476 5.212 10.095 15.014 3.124 -3.620 ms -1.492 7.379

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) -103.124 -18.972 -1.910 19.154 47.393 67.169 206.882 49.303 86.141 16.603 20.572 µs 0.8769 10.15

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) 0.045 0.047 0.062 0.145 9.236 14.095 14.126 9.174 14.047 2.848 1.300 ms 3.161 12.84

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) 0.039 0.061 0.092 0.309 6.198 12.933 13.450 6.106 12.872 2.389 1.108 ms 3.649 16.73

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) 0.022 0.036 0.046 0.099 7.381 14.036 30.518 7.335 14.000 3.009 1.203 ms 3.948 22.5

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 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) 2.800 6.308 9.086 19.961 51.352 89.897 230.381 42.266 83.589 16.423 24.144 µs 3.74 31.98

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) 0.063 0.065 0.086 0.502 5.847 14.687 15.548 5.761 14.622 2.683 1.801 ms 2.397 10.22

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.



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) 0.035 0.040 0.060 0.136 13.457 22.311 26.038 13.396 22.272 4.649 2.046 ms 2.855 11

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) 0.048 0.066 0.078 0.186 11.319 15.808 20.172 11.241 15.742 3.684 1.658 ms 2.794 10.31

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) 0.125 0.576 0.774 1.605 4.262 6.716 24.917 3.489 6.140 1.252 1.935 ms 3.063 22.15

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) 0.070 0.364 0.514 1.388 7.039 17.484 137.161 6.525 17.120 3.641 2.325 µs 8.915 152.3

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.



Summary


Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Frequency Offset -3.279 -1.503 -1.311 -0.496 0.057 0.293 1.916 1.368 1.795 0.433 -0.598 ppm -0.2271 2.691
Local Clock Time Offset -121.358 -8.750 -3.291 0.256 1.994 5.015 125.863 5.285 13.765 2.803 -0.000 µs -2.111 190.4
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 1.438 2.495 3.135 8.959 38.741 77.300 558.397 35.606 74.805 17.105 13.671 ppb 7.331 104.6
Local RMS Time Jitter 0.207 0.333 0.400 0.775 3.434 7.128 58.866 3.034 6.795 1.749 1.254 µs 11.05 216.3
Server Jitter 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz) 0.045 0.047 0.062 0.145 9.236 14.095 14.126 9.174 14.047 2.848 1.300 ms 3.161 12.84
Server Jitter 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org) 0.039 0.061 0.092 0.309 6.198 12.933 13.450 6.106 12.872 2.389 1.108 ms 3.649 16.73
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) 0.022 0.036 0.046 0.099 7.381 14.036 30.518 7.335 14.000 3.009 1.203 ms 3.948 22.5
Server Jitter 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) 2.800 6.308 9.086 19.961 51.352 89.897 230.381 42.266 83.589 16.423 24.144 µs 3.74 31.98
Server Jitter 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl) 0.063 0.065 0.086 0.502 5.847 14.687 15.548 5.761 14.622 2.683 1.801 ms 2.397 10.22
Server Jitter 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se) 0.035 0.040 0.060 0.136 13.457 22.311 26.038 13.396 22.272 4.649 2.046 ms 2.855 11
Server Jitter 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk) 0.048 0.066 0.078 0.186 11.319 15.808 20.172 11.241 15.742 3.684 1.658 ms 2.794 10.31
Server Jitter SHM(0) 0.125 0.576 0.774 1.605 4.262 6.716 24.917 3.489 6.140 1.252 1.935 ms 3.063 22.15
Server Jitter SHM(1) 0.070 0.364 0.514 1.388 7.039 17.484 137.161 6.525 17.120 3.641 2.325 µs 8.915 152.3
Server Offset 2001:1488:ffff::100 (ntp.nic.cz) -13.493 -10.748 -2.569 -2.280 -2.127 -2.082 -1.994 0.442 8.666 1.172 -2.456 ms -7.703 65.98
Server Offset 2001:41d0:303:b17b:: (quatramaran.salle-s.org) -13.840 -7.770 -3.031 -2.526 -1.939 -1.657 -1.611 1.092 6.113 1.000 -2.590 ms -7.959 78.07
Server Offset 2001:8b0:0:23::205 (ntp2.aa.net.uk) -12.669 -2.313 -1.403 -0.828 0.013 0.259 0.400 1.415 2.572 0.513 -0.800 ms -6.82 149.1
Server Offset 2001:8b0:6461:1a:746e:2d70:6167:316c (ntp-gal.gant-dodd.uk) -194.601 -76.711 -50.051 -17.306 15.190 37.444 179.081 65.241 114.155 22.147 -17.196 µs -0.1498 12.13
Server Offset 2a00:d78:0:712:94:198:159:16 (ntppool2.time.nl) -15.517 -14.922 -0.983 -0.367 0.609 1.503 2.139 1.592 16.425 2.177 -0.683 ms -5.436 33.65
Server Offset 2a01:3f7:2:44::9 (sth2-ts.nts.netnod.se) -29.189 -26.629 -2.737 -0.173 -0.026 0.044 0.330 2.711 26.673 4.599 -1.169 ms -4.856 25.55
Server Offset 2a12:ab46:5344:115::a (time.netweaver.uk) -16.542 -12.589 -0.584 -0.276 0.139 0.223 0.798 0.723 12.812 1.648 -0.445 ms -8.227 73.65
Server Offset SHM(0) -37.410 -13.538 -9.881 -2.982 0.214 1.476 5.212 10.095 15.014 3.124 -3.620 ms -1.492 7.379
Server Offset SHM(1) -103.124 -18.972 -1.910 19.154 47.393 67.169 206.882 49.303 86.141 16.603 20.572 µs 0.8769 10.15
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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