I've been looking at some opensource scheduling packages, and while doing my research I came across the fcron package. Fcron is a replacement for vixie cron and anacron, and provides a number of super useful features:
- Run jobs based on the system load average. Serialize jobs. Set the nice value of the process that is fork()'ed. Options to control how results are mailed. And several more ...
My initial testing has been positive, and I definitely plan to keep this package in my back pocket. I'm still looking at various opensource schedulers, and if you have any experience in this area please leave me a comment. I'm curious which solutions worked well for my readers. :)