Time drifting problem on Dell x850

[Greg Cope]

On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 09:43 -0400, Andrew Mann wrote:
>     We've seen time drift issues with Dell PowerEdge servers of the 
> 2550, 2650 and 1750 models when under constant moderate to heavy CPU 
> load.  Although we run ntpd where possible, in some cases we have 
> systems on isolated networks.  As an example, one of our isolated 1750 
> systems which has gone a year without a time update was behind by 15 
> hours when I recently reset the time.

This is usually down to PC clocks being a little out.

Look at GPS clocks if its important, or get different hardware - most
Sparc Sun hosts seem to be allot better.

Sorry that does not really help your present situation.

Greg