Cron Usage

The use of "cron jobs," which are processes that are run automatically at certain times, in accordance with a "crontab" file set up by each user, are allowed on pair Networks servers, subject to the following conditions and restrictions:

• The account type must be Advanced or higher.
• The job must not execute more often than once every hour.
• The job must generate no greater impact than a CGI script. See the policy on CGI resource usage.
• The job must be "niced". For details, read about the nice command with "man nice". The nice value must be 10 or greater.

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This policy exists to reduce server load by prohibiting behavior which can cause problems. However, it does still allow reasonable usage of cron.