On 01/08/2014 23:13, J. Roeleveld wrote: > On 1 August 2014 19:32:36 CEST, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> 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.mckin...@gmail.com
