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 seconds of pool membership changes Header icons indicating the number of active hosts Ability to disable targeted scheduler instances without shutting them down Ad hoc job … Read more
We are proud to announce version 1.0 of Obsidian Scheduler, which features built-in failover, load distribution and scripting support, is out today. We are proud to direct you to our demo and invite you to download a fully-functional trial.
In my last post, I lamented that adopting new software technology should be easy but often isn’t. This is the case whether the software is new to us, new to the application we’re developing or even new in the set of features that will be leveraged. I focused on two common issues that plague many … Read more
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 identical, factors as those for file archival. Reiterating those, they are – limits of physical space, business or compliance requirements for … Read more
DevOps and full-stack have been popular topics in our industry for a number of years now. Unfortunately, they don’t always mean the same thing to every organization or even individuals within an organization. Rather than debate what they are or what they should be, this post will work through a solution created by the development … Read more
A lot of developers end up in the Java “enterprise” world at some point in their careers. I know the term alone conjures up all kinds of reactions, and rightly so. Often environments where lots of interesting technical challenges exist end up being those that nobody wants to work on because they are brittle, difficult … Read more
When I first wrote on this topic, I lamented that the de facto standard for scheduling jobs in Java applications is use of the Quartz scheduling library. Why? At the time, I explained: Enabling your application to schedule jobs with Quartz takes significant code and/or configuration. Changes in job schedule or other parameters require code/configuration … Read more
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 simple and complex requirements. We think it stacks up well whether you are struggling with an existing scheduler or investigating if you should once … Read more
If you need to schedule jobs in Java, it is fairly common in the industry to use Quartz directly or via Spring integration. Quartz’ home page at the time of writing claims that using quartz is a simple 3-step process: Download, add to app, execute jobs when you need to. For any of you that … Read more
While we’ve already written a post on our scripting support in Obsidian, this post will focus specifically on our Groovy support, what we use it for and what it makes possible for you. Given that Groovy is built for the JVM and almost any java code will work as is in a groovy script/class, supporting … Read more