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Published on: October 2006
Type of content: WHITE PAPER
Format: Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) (242 kb)
Length: 9 pages
Price: FREE

Overview:
Many organizations use CRON to manage part of their job scheduling, and sometimes this makes sense because CRON is a useful, free tool for scheduling simple jobs. However, when it is used to schedule complex business processes, some of the disadvantages of using CRON emerge - particularly when compared to using full-featured job scheduling software like ROC Maestro for Open Systems.

When there is a job failure, what options does CRON offer for automatic recovery or notification? What if you would like to schedule a business process that crosses applications and operating systems, including UNIX, Linux, and Windows? How quickly can you monitor and react to events on multiple systems? What if you have complex dependencies or calendars?

This whitepaper examines several of the risks of using CRON and points out ways to streamline and control your workload scheduling using ROC Maestro for Open Systems.