rhobite Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Movable Type's new 3.11 release has scheduled posting, which means many people will be running an MT script from crontab. What interval should I set for my script? I don't update my site too much, so I think 30 minutes or an hour should be fine for me. I want to be nice to the servers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaJill Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 30-60 minutes should be fine; but that said I ditched MT a long time ago now, so I'm not really sure how resource intensive this is. I'd run it a few times while there and make sure you keep a close eye on it at first; preferably at a "non-busy" time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvind Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 As the docs with MT suggest, 15 mins is the interval. That is what I have set it to, had a tech from TCH check the loads it created whilst running and he confirmed running it every 15 mins is ok... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaJill Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 No matter what the docs suggest; If you're not posting from afar that often or worried about it updating *immediately* then the slower the cronjob the safer you are; and the happier all around. =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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