The Problems With Schedulers
Job scheduling is a common need in business software environments. The first thing that likely comes to mind is cron. While cron is a very useful tool, it fails to provide for even basic business needs...
View ArticleObsidian Scheduler 1.1 Released!
We’ve been working hard to make Obsidian Scheduler even better. Version 1.1 is now available. Features added in this release include Perfectly distributed load balancing across runnings hosts within...
View ArticleObsidian Scheduler 1.2 Released!
We’ve added more to Obsidian Scheduler. Version 1.2 is now available here. Features added in this release include Description annotation on job class enables inline help in admin web app Scheduled...
View ArticleFeature Comparison of Java Job Schedulers
At Carfey Software, we love our flagship product, Obsidian Scheduler. We believe that Obsidian is the best choice for most scheduling needs. Why? Because Obsidian is carefully designed to meet both...
View ArticleConfiguring Clustering in Quartz and Obsidian Schedulers
Job scheduling is used on many software projects to enable both internal jobs and third-party integration. Clustering can provide a huge boost to reliability by providing fail-over and load-sharing. I...
View ArticleComparing Job Development in Quartz and Obsidian
Getting your program code to the point that it satisfies the functional requirements provided is a milestone for developers, one that hopefully brings satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment. If...
View ArticleJob Chaining in Quartz and Obsidian Scheduler
In this post I’m going to cover how to do job chaining in Quartz versus Obsidian Scheduler. Both are Java job schedulers, but they have different approaches so I thought I’d highlight them here and...
View ArticleUsing Obsidian Maintenance Jobs
When we began development on Obsidian Scheduler, one of its key objectives was transparency. Quoting my own post, transparent means letting us know what is going on. We want to have available to us...
View ArticleComparing Quartz, cron4j and Obsidian Scheduler
We’ve all worked on projects that required us to do very basic tasks at periodic intervals. Perhaps we chose a basic ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor. If we’re already using Spring, maybe we tried their...
View ArticleScheduling a Job in Quartz Versus Obsidian
We frequently compare Quartz and Obsidian in our blog, and today we’re going to see the difference in how you would schedule a job for recurring execution in both pieces of software. A Quick Note on...
View ArticleDeveloping a Reusable File: Cleanup Schedulable Job
In my last post, I delivered on a reusable, file archival schedulable job. I promised to next look at doing something similar for file cleanup. File cleanup needs are driven by similar, if not...
View ArticleUp and Running with Obsidian Scheduler in 5 Minutes
One of the best things about Obsidian Scheduler is how quick and easy it is to get it running jobs. With other tools, you might have to set aside an afternoon to get it going, but with Obsidian, trust...
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