To be honest, I and others are spoiled by Microsoft's SQL Agent. We'd really like to keep properties of SQL Agent : the features, the usable GUI.
I searched serverfault for an evaluation of different CRON GUIs / Scheduling agents, but really didn't find quite what I was looking for. So, I'd like your input.
- What's worked well for you, been usable.
- I'd especially like to hear from someone who has approached it from my point of view.
- What is your experience with the below 3 options?
Seems like our options are so far are:
- PgAgent - seems just the ticket. Unfortunately, it doesn't work well with Greenplum. Also, it looks like it might be somewhat abandoned - the last release date was some time ago. But it might just be that it's so well done, it hasn't needed new releases.
- Job Scheduler, http://jobscheduler.sourceforge.net/, which on first glance, seems to fit pretty well. But I'm a bit concerned that it might have complications in order to generate consulting revenue. It also just doesn't 'feel' like SQL Agent, reading the docs, many of the concepts feel foreign. On the plus side, it certainly looks to be kept up.
- Cron
- learning more advanced techniques like ( Cron jobs in cascade array, job control and ssh, Can I run a cron job more frequently than every minute?, Where is this cron job running from?, Cron job unified logging )
- But honestly, the techniques seem obscure, due to my background, and I'm seriously concerned that if we go down this road, we'll make serious mistakes and do some really hard learning
Thank you in advance!
