Mastodon user proposes staggering cron jobs to reduce grid strain
1Oct 31 6:53 AM · 8d ago · 1 post · 1 source · development 1 of 3
A commenter on Mastodon noted that the finding reveals a broader software design problem: randomizing 0-59.999 second delays in cron jobs across Linux distributions and other software could help stabilize the grid by desynchronizing device checks.
“adding random 0-59.999s delays to cron jobs in Linux distributions and other software would actually help the power grid.”
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This is FASCINATING. Researchers were able to pin down the cause of measurable global 60 second power spikes to software that does regular checks on the minute mark. They found large scale battery installations as one major cause, but obviously this is true for any other computerized system that does cron jobs and has a synchronized clock. As…
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