[Bug 1815201] Re: crontab is fixed on specific moment

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Triaged

** Changed in: mdadm (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Also affects: mdadm (Ubuntu Cosmic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: mdadm (Ubuntu Xenial)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Also affects: mdadm (Ubuntu Bionic)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

** Tags added: rls-dd-incoming

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Title:
  crontab is fixed on specific moment

Status in mdadm package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in mdadm source package in Xenial:
  New
Status in mdadm source package in Bionic:
  New
Status in mdadm source package in Cosmic:
  New

Bug description:
  Currently the mdadm package will install a checkraid crontab, that is the same on all installations. This is fine for a single installation, but in bigger (distributed) environments this hurts performance.
  E.g. having  mysql clusters on softRaid all having their arrays checked at the same moment, causes problems with availability.

  An solution would / could be to add an option that will allow the
  date-time to be randomized. Then this option / question can be used
  where appropriate, while still retaining the option to have the static
  configuration as a default.

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