Should scrubs be staggered?

[Darren Myers]

I originally configured 2 of my 3 pools on the same day, and set the scrubs for sunday nights at midnight every 35 days for all 3 of my pools. My 3rd pool was made a few days later, am i better off staggering my scrubs one say every 35 days at midnight, the other 36 days at midnight, and the other every 37 days at midnight?

Or doesn't this really matter?

 

[DifferentStrokes]

I would think that this would depend on a few things, like: pool size, length of time for scrub and time you need them available. Personally I would spread them out.

 

[Darren Myers]

Both scrubs took between 2 and 2 and a half hours to complete, so i was thinking start one at 11PM, and the other at 3AM the next morning

 

[DifferentStrokes]

I would think that would be okay. It really is all up to you and your use case.

Good day.

 

[Ericloewe]

Keep in mind that scrubs will take much longer as you fill up the pools.

 

[Darren Myers]

Of course :) that's why I was considering staggering them, specially since my largest filled pool (3.5Tb) hasn't been scrubbed yet so I figured id wait to see the time on that and then go from there.

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

Scrubs will impose as heavy a load as almost anything you might do to your box, so if you have any concerns about cooling or PSU performance, those would also be reasons to stagger them. On the other hand, if you have no concerns in those areas, why not take all your lumps at once?