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Cronjobs for OVH | Forum

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einstein
einstein Mar 23 '12
Hello I have s shared hosting on OVH and I dont know how to set up conrjobs....

Do I need cronjobs or can I also use oxwall without cronjobs?
DeFender
DeFender Mar 23 '12
you need it, can find in Cpanel or ask your host.
einstein
einstein Mar 23 '12
hi thanks

I got this link

http://help.ovh.co.uk/HostingCron

It says that its only a frequency of execution of the cronjob every hour possible? Would that work?

Owen Baines
Owen Baines Mar 23 '12
No. Oxwall cron needs to run every Minute. 5 Minute would be the absolute MAXIMUM.
Michael Leader
Michael Mar 23 '12
running a cron every hour will, amongst other things show people online when they are in fact not.  If you have notifications set to immediate then you will only get hourly notifications.

It doesn't need to run every minute.  I had a host that ran every 15mins and there was little impact on site/user experience.  The more frequent the better...

It is a social script that does rely on up to the minute info on user activity.  If your host cannot provide you with an acceptable solution, move hosts.