as much as I hate to admit it, jenkins makes a superb replacement for cron.
It keeps a history, has excellent error handling capabilities, and can scale quite well.
also the integration with git and the like makes updating jobs super easy.
It keeps a history, has excellent error handling capabilities, and can scale quite well.
also the integration with git and the like makes updating jobs super easy.
In addition to sending emails when things break, it can also post to our Twitter feed and send SMS alerts.