On Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:34 PM Bill Allombert wrote: > A related issue is that the submission time is randomized, but if > 2600 systems have identical /etc/cron.d/popularity-contest files, they > will report at the same time, causing network spikes.
BTW, a systemd service timer has native randomisation with RandomizedDelaySec/AccuracySec so adding one that shadows the cron job and disabling the cron job on systemd systems could provide more load spread because each system would send the data at a completely different time each day. The apt package is a good example of how to do this (except for the randomisation part). -- bye, pabs https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise