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The virtual Primary Reference Time Clock is an innovative architecture that delivers precise timing for data centers with reduced reliance on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-based timing signals.
Regulatory and user requirements for data centers demand sub-microsecond sequential time stamps. Time stamping precision and accuracy is critical not only across servers in a data center, but also between data centers in a network. From hyperscale applications to colocation data center clients, we offer a full range of timing solutions, including the Virtual Primary Reference Clock (vPRTC), that ensure precise, accurate, secure and resilient time.
Timing and Synchronization Solutions for All Data Center Applications
Hyperscale Data Center
- Thousands of servers owned by one entity
- Hosted cloud services
- Clients lease capacity and services
Recommended Products:
- BlueSky™ GNSS Firewall
- Cesium atomic clocks
- NTP servers and/or PTP grandmasters
Colocation Data Center Provider
- Multiple servers colocated in one structure
- One entity owns structure, utilities and services
- Clients place hardware in cages
- Clients lease infrastructure, utilities and services
- Provide time or GPS as service to clients
Recommended products:
- BlueSky GNSS Firewall
- Cesium atomic clocks
- NTP servers and/or PTP grandmasters
Colocation Data Center Client
- Clients place hardware in cages
- Clients lease infrastructure and services
- Control your own timing
Recommended Product:
- SyncServer® S600 time server with
- Embedded 72-channel receiver
- Embedded rubidium
- PTP or NTP distribution
Featured Products
BlueSky™ GNSS Firewall
Secure Time Traceability
- Identifies GNSS systems and protects them from spoofing and jamming
- Integrates seamlessly between existing GNSS antenna and GNSS system
- Compatible with any GNSS antenna that receives the L1 frequency
- Optional rubidium Miniature Atomic Clock (MAC) can be installed inside unit
5071B Cesium Standard
Time Resiliency
- Unsurpassed stability in the lab or field
- Accuracy: ≤ ±5.0E-13
- Stability: ≤5.0E-12 (for 1 second averaging time)
- Long-term stability: ≤ 1.0E-14 (for five-day averaging time)
- Proven reliability with an MTBF of greater than 160,000 hours
- Full traceability to NIST
- AC and DC input and internal battery back-up
CSIII 4310B Cesium Standard
Time Resiliency
- Cesium Beam atomic clock
- 5 and 10 MHz sinewave outputs
- 10 MHz TTL output
- 1 pps input and output
- 2U, 19-inch rack mounted chassis
- Provides autonomous timekeeping as a backup to GNSS
SyncServer® S600 NTP and PTP Network Time Server
Time Distribution
- < 15 ns RMS to UTC (USNO) via GPS
- < 1E-12 frequency accuracy
- NTP monitoring, charting and MRU logging
- Web-based management with high-security cipher suite
TimeProvider® 4100 PTP Grandmaster
Time Distribution
- IEEE® 1588v2 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) grandmaster
- Primary Reference Time Clock (PRTC) Class A and Class B
- Enhanced PRTC (ePRTC) meets 30 ns performance and uses a combination of Cesium and GNSS time sources
Virtual Primary Reference Time Clock (vPRTC)
The requirements for timing and synchronization are shifting from accuracy and precision to security and resiliency. Simply delivering an accurate timing instance is no longer enough. Designers of critical infrastructure must ensure that their timing source can be validated and trusted, that they maintain network-wide visibility and monitoring and, most importantly, that they have resiliency in the form of backups and protection when something goes wrong, because it will.
The Industry's Broadest PCIe® Timing Portfolio
Our highly integrated PCIe Gen 5-compliant oscillators, clock generators and buffers exceed PCIe jitter requirements by more than 70 percent. This simplifies board and system designs, improves design margins and lowers risk.
