Randomize Cron Execution time (minute setting)

Randomize Cron Execution time (minute setting), for all installations (1 Replies, Read 4421 times)

ncube	October 22, 2012, 1:36 am
Group: NOC Post Group: Newbie Posts: 5 Status:	Hi, It would be useful if Softaculous randomized the minute setting for any automated cron jobs it adds when installing applications. The problem right now is that I have a server with a hundred or so Moodle installations and they are set to run on the 8th minute of every hour (I am not 100% sure this is automated by Softaculous but I am guessing it is). This is obviously problematc because the server gets overloaded on the 8th minute of every hour. If the minute value was randomized to a value ranging from 0 to 59 this issue could be avoided. I think it would be useful if this approach were applied for any hourly cron jobs created automatically. For daily cron jobs, Softaculous can even take it a step further and add a setting for user-defined "low-peak" which would limit the times during which daily/weekly/monthly crons can be programmed. Edited by ncube : October 22, 2012, 1:37 am
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