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How Precision Time Protocol is being deployed at Meta

Implementing Precision Time Protocol (PTP) at Meta allows us to synchronize the systems that drive our products and services down to nanosecond precision. PTP’s predecessor, Network Time Protocol (…

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Hasnain says:

Learnt way too much about time and protocols from this one.

“We believe PTP will become the standard for keeping time in computer networks in the coming decades. That’s why we’re deploying it on an unprecedented scale. We’ve had to take a critical look at our entire infrastructure stack — from the GNSS antenna down to the client API — and in many cases we’ve even rebuilt things from scratch.”

Posted on 2024-02-08T03:55:34+0000