Comments on: Cron just keeps going and going… http://davec.org/2007/10/cron-just-keeps-going-and-going/ Has he gone yet? Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:08:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris http://davec.org/2007/10/cron-just-keeps-going-and-going/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Chris Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:54:47 +0000 http://davec.org/wordpress/?p=19#comment-6 That got me thinking. So I had a look. MRTG stats running every 5 minutes since 2001 - still ticking over! I'd completely forgotten about those. They collect the usual network interface statistics, but also snmp probe various other things, such as the squid cache statistics. Home grown traffic counter running every 5 minutes since late 2000. Still providing useful information :) I'd hate to see the size of the table it's dumping stuff into, but you gotta hand it to Postgresql: they know how to write a database. 4803483 rows, apparently. (ps: hi! found your blog!) That got me thinking. So I had a look.

MRTG stats running every 5 minutes since 2001 – still ticking over! I’d completely forgotten about those. They collect the usual network interface statistics, but also snmp probe various other things, such as the squid cache statistics.

Home grown traffic counter running every 5 minutes since late 2000. Still providing useful information :) I’d hate to see the size of the table it’s dumping stuff into, but you gotta hand it to Postgresql: they know how to write a database. 4803483 rows, apparently.

(ps: hi! found your blog!)

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