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stryanyesterday at 1:42 PM1 replyview on HN

Should have been more clear: I use RandomizedOffsetSec= to add a random offset to a set start time (usually 4am), to prevent overloading the backup server, not truly random start times.


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capitainenemoyesterday at 6:09 PM

As someone else noted, that's also a cron feature

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