[Arctic]

Hi guys, just a simple question...I would like to know if you guys have any experience with cron jobs. I want to run a script every minute, my script updates my database. So, my question is, if my script is running every minute, will that put a strain on the server or my database at all?

Thanks.

[kvnband]

Originally Posted by Arctic

Hi guys, just a simple question...I would like to know if you guys have any experience with cron jobs. I want to run a script every minute, my script updates my database. So, my question is, if my script is running every minute, will that put a strain on the server or my database at all?

Thanks.

As long as the script isn't doing anything too intensive, you should be absolutely fine. I've got a cron script that runs every 2 minutes on a very very busy server and so far, loads are low.
Kevin

[YourPHPPro]

Originally Posted by Arctic

So, my question is, if my script is running every minute, will that put a strain on the server or my database at all?
Thanks.

Without seeing the query or knowing what it is doing, there isn't much to go on to answer the question... So, what's the queries that you need to run and is the database server shared or dedicated ?