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We present some results from an experimental implementation of a recent clock synchronization algorithm. This algorithm was designed to overcome arbitrary processor failures, and to achieve optimal accuracy, i.e., the accuracy of synchronized clocks (with respect to real time) is as good as that specified for the underlying hardware clocks. Our system was implemented on a set of workstations on a local area broad-cast network. Initial results indicate that this algorithm can form the basis of an accurate, reliable, and practical distributed time service.
This author was supported in part by a Hewlett Packard Faculty Development Fellowship.
This author was supported in part by a National Science Foundation Grant DCR-8601864.
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Beck, M., Srikanth, T.K., Toueg, S. (1990). Implementation issues in clock synchronization. In: Simons, B., Spector, A. (eds) Fault-Tolerant Distributed Computing. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 448. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0042328
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