When scheduled work affects your site.
THE PROBLEM
Cron jobs consume the same account resources as your website.
A heavy job at a busy time slows your site.
THE SYMPTOM
Slowness at regular intervals Resource limit warnings at predictable times
HOW TO IDENTIFY IT
Compare your resource usage graph against your cron schedule.
If spikes align with a job, that is the cause.
WHAT TO DO
Move heavy jobs to a quiet period Reduce frequency where possible Stagger multiple jobs Process in smaller batches
FOR BACKUPS SPECIFICALLY
Frequently the heaviest scheduled work.
Run them overnight.
FOR IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
Batch them rather than processing everything in one run.
WHEN A JOB IS GENUINELY TOO HEAVY
It may not suit shared hosting.
Open a ticket and describe what it does; we will advise.
WHAT NOT TO DO
Assume slowness is the server when a scheduled job is the cause.
