On 24 March 2013 05:00, tamouse mailing lists <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 4:46 PM, Colin Law <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 23 March 2013 21:37, tamouse mailing lists <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> ... >>> The primary issue when you bring in multiple servers is >>> synchronization of the workers. Cron can't do that, as it only knows >>> about one server. Having something that workers can distribute over >>> requires something more sophisticated. That's what DJ is really about. >>> Using clockwork makes it all the easier coming from cron. >> >> Since all the OP is trying to do (I believe) is run a task >> occasionally to purge obsolete data from the database are those issues >> actually a problem? > > Since the person I was answering directly asked about scaling to > multipler servers, I'd say yes.
I understand that it is relevant to Jodi's problem, I was enquiring whether it is also relevant in the case described by the OP. Colin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
