plotting the pool, was Re: [LinuxPPS] a fluke...?

[Udo van den Heuvel]

gnu not unix wrote:
>> What other ntp stuff should be plotted?
> 
> The billboard data "ntpq -p" has the 'delay' for remote
> peers and this can be used to generate the 'wedge' plots.

Any examples (graph and config to make them?)

> It would be fun to setup a pool.ntp.org whacker with a
> grand script that watches the DNS SOA and does a zone
> transfer, using the IP addresses to dynamically add 
> to ntpd and the plotting routines to plot the delay to
> all these remote hosts. Run ntpd in "noselect" mode of course.

Maybe start small and let it grow?