From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BA2213877A for ; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 09:34:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B7518E0BA7; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 09:34:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f43.google.com (mail-wg0-f43.google.com [74.125.82.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 755CAE0AAA for ; Sat, 2 Aug 2014 09:34:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f43.google.com with SMTP id l18so5314434wgh.14 for ; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 02:34:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=CzKZkr7m92NQrdswepKrTfvQLXwXmcAm2eZWdIhkbYA=; b=TRvY157anTpQn8WzAyZtpEJgl5MTOabdxJB61PueohOs2Jr1hZ9nozsTgBlz36125e FNUyfasbevrLpXI5armCGIMaRyOMZSeeXI/iki7aOEUkRNtVx5PkNQUxpamMnFb71629 c9kOEFIPyY1L0rC2DsQ3UBgb/38m3Ala5eAZgRF0aWjELMOZM/5v1JwsnwGv4CQp/ogb k9XkhkH4UINUBJ7o3qWAedDGEtx6bYK4PnLX95XUg3aLSV33FhjTzSYG4zQFEdAkKDxx AAELC/Q0F+qB//IwNj8wOx+w36mfk/0jlC3R78KwxreFHVMtLfybtLxAK5l1n29r4Pce f5iw== X-Received: by 10.180.92.104 with SMTP id cl8mr14410949wib.43.1406972062183; Sat, 02 Aug 2014 02:34:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (105-237-190-183.access.mtnbusiness.co.za. [105.237.190.183]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id gc8sm17510011wic.3.2014.08.02.02.34.21 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 02 Aug 2014 02:34:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <53DCB06A.5080600@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 11:33:30 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.7.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Recommendations for scheduler References: <53DBCF34.6060601@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: e6bc3937-d8f8-4853-92c0-85c162938751 X-Archives-Hash: 7f6d79a83a03d4542b7384b17d123b46 On 01/08/2014 23:13, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 1 August 2014 19:32:36 CEST, Alan McKinnon wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Up-front disclaimer: Mostly [OT] post. But at least I'll test drive it >> on Gentoo before putting it in production :-) >> >> New job, new environment. Existing persons suffer from >> 5-year-old-with-a-hammer syndrome and assume cron is the solution to >> all >> ills. Result: a towering edifice of cron jobs that may or may not >> clobber each other's work, may or may not work at all, and implement no >> error handling at all. But my god, can they spew out mail from STOUT >> >> >> But cron has only one event trigger: wall-clock time. And it's a very >> blunt weapon. I'm looking for recommendations of alternative schedulers >> that satisfy real-world business needs that need some other event >> trigger than what the time is right now. >> >> For those familiar with it, I'm looking for something with the useful >> feature set, without the useless features and without the price tag of >> ControlM >> >> Anyone care to share experiences? > > I'm also looking for a free alternative. > At most of my clients, I see Tivoli Workload Scheduler (TWS) being used a lot. > > It has most things what you want from an intelligent multi host scheduler. Unfortunately, it also comes with a corresponding price tag. I have an unusual boss. He's a business owner and quite naturally profit-driven. He also employs smart people and expects us to maintain systems in-house. He's also a zealous FLOSS fan. So when I present him a price tag for software his first question is always "is there any free as in freedom software suited for the job?" I'm still trying to wrap my brains around dealing with a boss that thinks like this :-) > > If anyone knows of an OS project with comparable features, please let me know. > Failing this, it is on my list to start writing one myself when I get some spare time. > > -- > Joost > -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com