Does CRON jobs affects bandwidth?

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    Hi
    I have a website that uses CRON job, I just want to know if cron jobs has affect in bandwidth.

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    geekos, Jun 7, 2009 IP
  2. RHS-Chris

    RHS-Chris Well-Known Member

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    That depends on what the cron is scheduled to do. Normally, crons are only used for internal changes, such as updating stats counters, or creating backups. If you have the specific commands, it would be easier to analyze.
     
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  3. geekos

    geekos Well-Known Member

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    heres the command- php home/www/user/cron.php (it runs a file that will update the database)
     
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    RHS-Chris Well-Known Member

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    If it just updates a database on the same server, then no, it will not effect your bandwidth.
     
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    thuankkk Active Member

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    As I know, internal data transfer will not affect bandwidth.
     
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    kailash Well-Known Member

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    It should not affect to your web site bandwidth. If you use like wget http://somdomain.com then it should consume your bandwidth.

    Kailash
     
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  7. geekos

    geekos Well-Known Member

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    Im using cron job with my new blogs, and all I can say is cron job is powerful :)

    Thanks for the fast reply guys.
     
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    Not at all. Cron jobs does not affect your bandwidth.
     
    Atulya, Jun 12, 2009 IP
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    sadiqsaad Peon

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    Nope it does not, cron job is server related thing. However if you have cron job to back and transfer database to some other server, thats surely going to take b/w.
     
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    Bohra Prominent Member

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    Cron just opens the file you want it to..the bandwith depends on the script
     
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    It will use a short burst of CPU and RAM though while the CRON job takes place.
     
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