Re: duplicate popularity-contest ID
On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:34 PM Bill Allombert wrote:
> A related issue is that the submission time is randomized, but if
> 2600 systems have identical /etc/cron.d/popularity-contest files, they
> will report at the same time, causing network spikes.
BTW, a systemd service timer has native randomisation with
RandomizedDelaySec/AccuracySec so adding one that shadows the cron job
and disabling the cron job on systemd systems could provide more load
spread because each system would send the data at a completely
different time each day. The apt package is a good example of how to
do this (except for the randomisation part).
--
bye,
pabs
https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
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