Amazon Time Sync Service expands microsecond-accurate time to 27 EC2 instance types
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The article discusses the expansion of Amazon's Time Sync Service to provide microsecond-accurate time synchronization with UTC for 27 additional Amazon EC2 instance types, including C7gd, M7gd, and R7gd instances.
Specifically, the article covers:
- The Amazon Time Sync Service now supports clock synchronization within microseconds of UTC on 27 additional EC2 instance types in supported regions.
- Customers can access local, GPS-disciplined reference clocks on these instance types for ordering events, measuring network latency, increasing transaction speed, and enabling scalability features.
- Clock accuracy can be audited from the instances to monitor the expected microsecond-range accuracy.
- Both NTP and PTP can be used without needing VPC configuration updates.
- The service is currently available in the US East (N. Virginia) and Tokyo regions, with plans to expand to more regions.
- There is no additional charge for using the Amazon Time Sync Service.
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