CRON is undoubtedly a useful free tool that has saved administrators time, but when an organization chooses to use CRON instead of a proven job scheduling solution such as ROC Maestro for Open Systems, it gives up many tangible benefits - and a significant amount of money in the long run. The purpose of this whitepaper is to explore the advantages lost by relying upon CRON and to discuss the real benefits gained by using ROC Maestro for Open Systems.
This whitepaper presents ten considerations when weighing the risks of using CRON versus a complete scheduling solution such as ROC Maestro for Open Systems.