The NTP Pool is migrating its central infrastructure from Equinix Metal to two smaller, globally distributed clusters. Equinix Metal is sunsetting later this year, so the project must move.

Equinix Metal — originally Packet — hosted the NTP Pool’s central infrastructure for almost seven years. The web application, databases, DNS zone building, monitoring pipelines, observability, development and beta environments all ran there. It was the backbone that kept the entire pool management system running.

The relationship started with Packet, whose team went out of their way to help during an emergency migration in 2019. Equinix continued that same level of support after acquiring Packet. Their generosity made it possible for a volunteer-run project to operate infrastructure at a scale that would otherwise be out of reach. We would gladly have stayed — Equinix Metal was an excellent home for the project.