Timing is so important to the StorageGRID functionality that the NTP service is a dependency for all other grid services; the servermanager will not bring any other services online if NTP does not sta...Timing is so important to the StorageGRID functionality that the NTP service is a dependency for all other grid services; the servermanager will not bring any other services online if NTP does not start successfully. If a sufficient number of Control Nodes deviate from the external time sources, the entire grid might begin to drift away from the external time sources.