> From: Karsten Bräckelmann > Heh, true. And he could run sa-update even more frequently. > After all, the DNS answer is cached for an hour... ;) > > The real impact isn't the DNS query, but whenever an update > has been pushed. If everyone would check once an hour, the > full load would have to be shouldered in 60 minutes, as > opposed to evenly distributed about, say, a day... > > It's the same classic problem with uninspired admins, running > such cron jobs strictly at a full hour. >
karsten, why not change the wiki to be far less ambiguous on this issue, and put out a specific decree to *all* admins in these regards ? if there is a more specific better way to deal with it, change it and make it better and let us all know how it must be done. anyone can find fault with anything given enough opportunity. thank you for humbling my day. - rh
