Cron frequency

[Dilbert]

For lightly used systems, can the crons be spaced out a little?

For ones set to run every min or two, can they be every 5?

For the every 3 min, can they be every 10?

I am having performance issues with the server, and support suggested spacing these out a bit.

I send emails each weekday, and very few people sign up or remove themselves otherwise. So 23 hours and 45 min, the system is essentially unused but will still run thousands of crn jobs in that time.

Thanks

 

[laurentiu]

For lightly used systems, can the crons be spaced out a little?

For ones set to run every min or two, can they be every 5?

For the every 3 min, can they be every 10?

I am having performance issues with the server, and support suggested spacing these out a bit.

I send emails each weekday, and very few people sign up or remove themselves otherwise. So 23 hours and 45 min, the system is essentially unused but will still run thousands of crn jobs in that time.

Yes, for lightly used systems like yours, it's perfectly fine to space out the cron jobs more aggressively - especially if you're only sending emails during a small window each day and the rest of the time the system is idle. This can indeed help reduce server load.
Here’s what I recommend:

• Crons that run every 1–2 minutes can be changed to run every 5 minutes
• Crons that run every 3 minutes can be spaced to every 10 minutes
• You can even consider running non-critical crons (like bounce processing or feedback loop handlers) every 15 or 30 minutes, if you're not sending large volumes

Just make sure the send-campaigns cron still runs frequently enough during your send window (e.g. every 1–2 minutes while a campaign is sending), and then space it out the rest of the time.

Best,
Laurentiu

 

[Dilbert]

Thank you