I'm curious if anyone here utilizes a batch processing system for their overnight tasks. Specifically, what tools or programs do you rely on for this type of processing?
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It really depends on what you need to process. Could you clarify what types of tasks you're looking to automate?
Have you considered using something like Tivoli Workload Scheduler or Jenkins? They can be really effective for managing batch processing.
For system administration tasks, we've been using scheduled tasks on Windows, and on the Linux side, there's a similar setup that my colleagues manage. But the specific business applications we use are outside of what the sysadmin team handles.
Are you talking about cron jobs for Linux?
We have several jobs set up using Windows Task Scheduler, and all of them are monitored through a self-hosted Sentry instance. It works pretty smoothly for us.

I'm mainly looking at file movements and data extraction, that kind of work.