What must be synchronized on Cluster Vault servers?

In a cluster environment, such as that used by Cluster Vault servers, it's crucial for the server clocks to be synchronized. This synchronization ensures that all nodes in the cluster operate based on the same time reference. Having synchronized clocks is essential for various operations, including coordinating transactions, maintaining data integrity, and ensuring proper logging and auditing.

In contexts where multiple servers are part of a coordinated system, discrepancies in time can lead to issues such as conflicts in data replication, challenges in diagnosing problems, and inconsistencies in user access logs. Therefore, synchronized clocks help maintain a reliable and coherent functioning of the cluster.

While data backups, network configurations, and security policies are indeed important in a clustered environment, they do not directly impact the synchronization requirements as clocks do. Data backups pertain to data recovery processes, network configurations involve the physical and logical setup of connections, and security policies dictate access and usage rules, but these aspects do not share the same critical timing requirements that synchronized clocks do. Thus, the primary focus on clock synchronization ensures seamless operation and reliability across the Cluster Vault servers.