[mythtv] Ticket #2194: Patch to randomise mythfilldatabase times

[William Uther]

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:07:44 -0400, Chris Pinkham wrote:

> * On Fri Sep 15, 2006 at 01:32:17PM -0700, Bruce Markey wrote:
>> Also, it might be nice for just mfdb to not run while the master is
>> recording. If so, postpone until the system is quiet. If the system
>> is scheduled to be busy for the remainder of the interval, then run
>> mfdb anyway.
>>
>> Just my $.02.
>
> After reading Michael's post and typing in a big long reply, I
> decided to put some more thought into it before replying. :)
>
> I think there are some other issues that we may want to consider
> if we're going to be changing how the housekeeper works.

I agree that there are many things that could be improved.  Having  
said that, I wrote the
patch because of a real problem with load that a data server in Aus  
was having at the
start of 'popular' times.  I was hoping it might make the 0.20  
release, but it was a
little too close.

If the change in how housekeeping works is going to be a major thing  
and take a while, is there
any chance of putting my patch in 0.20-fixes in the interim?  If that  
doesn't happen then
I might just stick a sleep(random()%1800) at the top of the Aus  
grabber script... but I
consider that a rather ugly solution.

Cheers,

Will        :-}