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Report generated: Fri Sep 22 05:15:06 2023 UTC
Start Time: Thu Sep 21 05:15:06 2023 UTC
End Time: Fri Sep 22 05:15:06 2023 UTC
Report Period: 1.0 days

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 -6.506 -1.644 -1.166 -0.005 1.040 1.906 3.386 2.206 3.550 0.704 -0.023 µs -3.979 12.54
Local Clock Frequency Offset -37.009 -37.006 -36.998 -36.932 -36.869 -36.859 -36.857 0.129 0.147 0.044 -36.933 ppm -6.066e+08 5.135e+11

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 204.000 262.000 301.000 419.000 587.000 750.000 3,347.000 286.000 488.000 155.760 435.871 ns 19.8 208

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 45.000 62.000 73.000 124.000 313.000 600.000 1,018.000 240.000 538.000 96.805 153.123 10e-12 5.412 32.03

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 -6.506 -1.644 -1.166 -0.005 1.040 1.906 3.386 2.206 3.550 0.704 -0.023 µs -3.979 12.54

The clock offsets of the local clock as a histogram.

The Local Clock Offset is field 3 from the loopstats log file.



Local Temperatures

local temps plot

Local temperatures. These will be site-specific depending upon what temperature sensors you collect data from. Temperature changes affect the local clock crystal frequency and stability. The math of how temperature changes frequency is complex, and also depends on crystal aging. So there is no easy way to correct for it in software. This is the single most important component of frequency drift.

The Local Temperatures are from field 3 from the tempstats log file.



Local Frequency/Temp

local freq temps plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Local Clock Frequency Offset -37.009 -37.006 -36.998 -36.932 -36.869 -36.859 -36.857 0.129 0.147 0.044 -36.933 ppm -6.066e+08 5.135e+11
Temp ZONE0 52.996 52.996 53.534 54.072 55.148 55.148 55.148 1.614 2.152 0.395 54.159 °C

The frequency offsets and temperatures. Showing frequency offset (red, in parts per million, scale on right) and the temperatures.

These are field 4 (frequency) from the loopstats log file, and field 3 from the tempstats log file.



Local GPS

local gps plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
nSats 7.000 8.000 8.000 9.000 11.000 12.000 12.000 3.000 4.000 0.949 9.495 nSat 757.4 7077
TDOP 0.460 0.530 0.580 0.830 1.190 1.310 1.610 0.610 0.780 0.183 0.852 60.29 271.3

Local GPS. The Time Dilution of Precision (TDOP) is plotted in blue. The number of visible satellites (nSat) is plotted in red.

TDOP is field 3, and nSats is field 4, from the gpsd log file. The gpsd log file is created by the ntploggps program.

TDOP is a dimensionless error factor. TDOP ranges from 1 to greater than 20. 1 denotes the highest possible confidence level. 2 to 5 is good. Greater than 20 means there will be significant inaccuracy and error.



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 10.4.2.52

peer offset 10.4.2.52 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 10.4.2.52 -27.291 -20.927 -16.944 -10.575 -1.114 5.960 24.069 15.830 26.887 4.984 -10.013 µs -35.25 130.8

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 10.4.2.53

peer offset 10.4.2.53 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset 10.4.2.53 -60.531 -60.531 -56.928 -46.501 -22.689 -12.739 -12.739 34.239 47.792 11.132 -43.471 µs -131.7 705.9

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 PPS(0)

peer offset PPS(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Offset PPS(0) -6.507 -1.645 -1.167 -0.006 1.041 1.907 3.387 2.208 3.552 0.704 -0.023 µs -3.979 12.53

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) 128.448 135.862 140.056 153.178 164.330 167.493 173.943 24.274 31.631 7.323 152.788 ms 7899 1.581e+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 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 10.4.2.52

peer jitter 10.4.2.52 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 10.4.2.52 0.997 2.735 3.637 7.699 18.961 33.179 42.054 15.324 30.444 5.355 9.204 µs 4.598 19.12

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 10.4.2.53

peer jitter 10.4.2.53 plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter 10.4.2.53 6.760 6.760 7.795 14.415 30.038 33.528 33.528 22.243 26.768 5.921 15.096 µs 9.723 33.3

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.



Server Jitter PPS(0)

peer jitter PPS(0) plot

Percentiles...... Ranges...... Skew- Kurt-
Name Min1%5%50%95% 99%Max   90%98%StdDev  MeanUnits nessosis
Server Jitter PPS(0) 0.085 0.166 0.224 0.416 0.825 1.090 6.844 0.601 0.924 0.235 0.462 µs 10.77 173.1

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.



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) 1.039 2.988 4.021 7.510 14.088 17.361 25.946 10.067 14.373 3.091 8.079 ms 10.02 32.86

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 -37.009 -37.006 -36.998 -36.932 -36.869 -36.859 -36.857 0.129 0.147 0.044 -36.933 ppm -6.066e+08 5.135e+11
Local Clock Time Offset -6.506 -1.644 -1.166 -0.005 1.040 1.906 3.386 2.206 3.550 0.704 -0.023 µs -3.979 12.54
Local RMS Frequency Jitter 45.000 62.000 73.000 124.000 313.000 600.000 1,018.000 240.000 538.000 96.805 153.123 10e-12 5.412 32.03
Local RMS Time Jitter 204.000 262.000 301.000 419.000 587.000 750.000 3,347.000 286.000 488.000 155.760 435.871 ns 19.8 208
Server Jitter 10.4.2.52 0.997 2.735 3.637 7.699 18.961 33.179 42.054 15.324 30.444 5.355 9.204 µs 4.598 19.12
Server Jitter 10.4.2.53 6.760 6.760 7.795 14.415 30.038 33.528 33.528 22.243 26.768 5.921 15.096 µs 9.723 33.3
Server Jitter PPS(0) 0.085 0.166 0.224 0.416 0.825 1.090 6.844 0.601 0.924 0.235 0.462 µs 10.77 173.1
Server Jitter SHM(0) 1.039 2.988 4.021 7.510 14.088 17.361 25.946 10.067 14.373 3.091 8.079 ms 10.02 32.86
Server Offset 10.4.2.52 -27.291 -20.927 -16.944 -10.575 -1.114 5.960 24.069 15.830 26.887 4.984 -10.013 µs -35.25 130.8
Server Offset 10.4.2.53 -60.531 -60.531 -56.928 -46.501 -22.689 -12.739 -12.739 34.239 47.792 11.132 -43.471 µs -131.7 705.9
Server Offset PPS(0) -6.507 -1.645 -1.167 -0.006 1.041 1.907 3.387 2.208 3.552 0.704 -0.023 µs -3.979 12.53
Server Offset SHM(0) 128.448 135.862 140.056 153.178 164.330 167.493 173.943 24.274 31.631 7.323 152.788 ms 7899 1.581e+05
TDOP 0.460 0.530 0.580 0.830 1.190 1.310 1.610 0.610 0.780 0.183 0.852 60.29 271.3
Temp ZONE0 52.996 52.996 53.534 54.072 55.148 55.148 55.148 1.614 2.152 0.395 54.159 °C
nSats 7.000 8.000 8.000 9.000 11.000 12.000 12.000 3.000 4.000 0.949 9.495 nSat 757.4 7077
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.
kurtosis, Kurt:
The kurtosis of a random variable X is the fourth standardized moment and is a dimension-less ratio. ntpviz uses the Pearson's moment coefficient of 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".
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 Pearson's moment coefficient of skewness. Wikipedia describes it best: "The qualitative interpretation of the skew is complicated and unintuitive."
A normal distribution has a skewness of zero.
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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