Synchronizing time across the network provides a service that maintains consistent time stamps for enterprise environments with several servers in different time zones.
Time synchronization provides network time for the following:
File systems
Messaging services
Network applications
NDS Time Servers use TIMESYNC to provide synchronized time for network services.
If there are fewer than 30 servers on the network, use the default settings of a single reference time server and a secondary time server.
For more than 30 servers, plan a custom environment using a reference time server, primary time server, and secondary time servers. You can also specify which communication method the time servers will use: SAP or a configured list.
TIMESYNC allows NetWare servers to synchronize their time with an authoritative external time source, such as an atomic clock, through an asynchronous connection such as a modem. NTP (Network Time Protocol) is an Internet Protocol that can be used with TIMESYNC to query authoritative time servers over the Internet rather than with a dialup connection.