title: NTP deamon runs slow
body: <p>I have been using the NTP protocol for a while. Lately, I have encountered a strange issue. Namely, when I try to print a list of the peers known to the server it takes around 20 seconds. Earlier it took less time. </p>
  
  <pre><code>[root@centos-test centos]# time ntpq -p
       remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
  ==============================================================================
  *ntp1.tp.pl      .MRS.            1 u   18   64    3    2.093   -0.021   0.098
   ntp2.tp.pl      .MRS.            1 u   22   64    3    2.404    0.120   0.041
   96-7.cpe.smnt.p 149.156.70.75    2 u   27   64    3   22.526   -2.296   0.089
   ntp.wide-net.pl 194.146.251.101  2 u   30   64    3   65.808   -8.530   0.049
  
  real    0m20.180s
  user    0m0.017s
  sys     0m0.011s
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have restarted everything. I have changed the pools but without any significant effect.</p>