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On June 2nd, 2008 Anonymous (not verified) says:
I am a huge fan of automation and I agree with most everything you have written here.
In a smaller "few server" environment cron works just fine. I just don't think it scales well for a larger installation of servers - and I whole heartedly recommend an enterprise scheduling solution.
Another thing to point out and that is often overlooked is supporting documentation. You don't necessarily need docs for every little cron task and system monitoring script you write. But you DO need docs that outline the environment you've built for your automation.
Just because you're a 1 man shop today, that may not be the case tomorrow. Documenting what you have in place will help accelerate the growth of a new admin.
Nice article...