[Users] Reduce Load in VZs

[Tim Small]

On 03/08/11 09:10, me at free-minds.net wrote:
>
>> (2) CT has been upgraded from the inside, so /etc/crontab was being
>> modified
>>     
> yes, the cronjobs are under /etc/cron.{daily,weeky,...}
>   

Compare /etc/crontab between containers - the entries should have
different (randomized) times:

# m h dom mon dow user  command
17 *    * * *   root    cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
25 6    * * *   root    test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts
--report /etc/cron.daily )
47 6    * * 7   root    test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts
--report /etc/cron.weekly )
52 6    1 * *   root    test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts
--report /etc/cron.monthly )



... if they are, then perhaps it's /etc/cron.d/* tabs instead?  This was
the problem on my client's system.

Tim.


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