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Time synchronization between client applications and the system

You should synchronize time between client applications and the StorageGRID Webscale system to maintain reliability and security. Client applications can use the StorageGRID Webscale system time to provide traceable timestamps for events and transactions. You can also use timestamps to correlate transactions in security audit logs.

The StorageGRID Webscale system uses NTP to synchronize the clock on the Gateway Node with the selected NTP server.

The StorageGRID Webscale system associates a timestamp with each HTTP transaction that it performs. You can convert the UTC timestamp to local time, and compare the time reported by the StorageGRID Webscale system to the time reported by the client application to determine if the client application uses the correct time.