# What are the best timing settings for cron **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [February 10, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/what-are-the-best-timing-settings-for-cron/7463 "2017-02-10T09:06:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chizuokagmail-com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chizuokagmail-com](https://forum.mautic.org/u/chizuokagmail-com)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/what-are-the-best-timing-settings-for-cron/7463/1 "2017-02-10T09:06:32Z")
May i know what are the best settings for the cron timings… i read that you should not have them overlap. But some run really fast some really long which should be set for which? The below is mine… advice anyone? Code: \*/15 \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:webhooks:process \> /dev/null 2\>&1 \* \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:messages:send \> /var/log/mautic/mydomain-messages-process.log 2\>&1 \*/10 \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:campaigns:rebuild \> /dev/null 2\>&1 \*/10 \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:campaigns:trigger \> /dev/null 2\>&1 \* \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:emails:send \> /var/log/mautic/mydomain-email-process.log 2\>&1 0 0 \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:email:fetch \> /dev/null 2\>&1 0 0 \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:iplookup:download \> /dev/null 2\>&1 \*/15 \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:segments:update \> /dev/null 2\>&1 ---
**Author:** ![chizuokagmail-com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chizuokagmail-com](https://forum.mautic.org/u/chizuokagmail-com)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/what-are-the-best-timing-settings-for-cron/7463/2 "2017-02-10T09:06:32Z")
May i know what are the best settings for the cron timings… i read that you should not have them overlap. But some run really fast some really long which should be set for which? The below is mine… advice anyone? [code]\*/15 \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:webhooks:process \> /dev/null 2\>&1 - - - - - /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:messages:send \> /var/log/mautic/mydomain-messages-process.log 2\>&1 \*/10 \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:campaigns:rebuild \> /dev/null 2\>&1 \*/10 \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:campaigns:trigger \> /dev/null 2\>&1 - - - - - /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:emails:send \> /var/log/mautic/mydomain-email-process.log 2\>&1 0 0 \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:email:fetch \> /dev/null 2\>&1 0 0 \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:iplookup:download \> /dev/null 2\>&1 \*/15 \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:segments:update \> /dev/null 2\>&1[/code] ---
**Author:** ![Paul999](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/paul999/32/156_2.png) [@Paul999](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Paul999)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/what-are-the-best-timing-settings-for-cron/7463/3 "2017-02-10T13:31:41Z")
The important one is campaigns:trigger I set that to run every minute since that one is responsible for sending out emails once someone is added to a segment. The other cronjobs are not so time sensitive. I’ve set them to 5 minutes. But 30 minutes is ok too. ---
**Author:** ![bchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@bchiam](https://forum.mautic.org/u/bchiam)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/what-are-the-best-timing-settings-for-cron/7463/4 "2017-02-12T16:37:57Z")
[quote=19842:@chizuoka@gmail.com]May i know what are the best settings for the cron timings… i read that you should not have them overlap. But some run really fast some really long which should be set for which? The below is mine… advice anyone? [code]\*/15 \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:webhooks:process \> /dev/null 2\>&1 - - - - - /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:messages:send \> /var/log/mautic/mydomain-messages-process.log 2\>&1 \*/10 \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:campaigns:rebuild \> /dev/null 2\>&1 \*/10 \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:campaigns:trigger \> /dev/null 2\>&1 - - - - - /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:emails:send \> /var/log/mautic/mydomain-email-process.log 2\>&1 0 0 \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:email:fetch \> /dev/null 2\>&1 0 0 \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:iplookup:download \> /dev/null 2\>&1 \*/15 \* \* \* \* /usr/bin/env php /var/www/mydomain/marketing/app/console mautic:segments:update \> /dev/null 2\>&1[/code][/quote] I set all my cron job to 5 minutes too. It works well so far. ---
**Author:** ![chizuokagmail-com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@chizuokagmail-com](https://forum.mautic.org/u/chizuokagmail-com)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/what-are-the-best-timing-settings-for-cron/7463/5 "2017-02-22T12:07:08Z")
There is a recommendation in the documentation to stagger the firing of these crons so as they dont run concurrently. Hence i was wondering what the best way to stagger them?