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Old 12-02-11, 14:52
Meme2 Meme2 is offline
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help me plz .. site with a slow local clock !

Hello

I have a question and I hope to answer me pleas..

if the system use the local clock to generate timestamps, what are the disadvantages for the transactions running in a site with a slow local clock?

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Old 12-02-11, 14:58
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The problem will be accuracy. As the slow clock progresses, your system generated timestamps will become more and more incorrect.

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Old 12-05-11, 17:37
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Usually, you synchronize your system clock with an available time server (unless you have a radio clock in the system). That way, you don't have to worry about the speed of your clock. The clock resolution is a different matter in case you want to use timestamps as some sort of identifiers. A fast system with a low-resolution clock may give you more frequently duplicate values.
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