running every half hour should also suffice easily, with a semicolon

diff --git a/modules/postgres/manifests/backup_server.pp b/modules/postgres/manifests/backup_server.pp
index b3bb216..95fe38c 100644 (file)
--- a/modules/postgres/manifests/backup_server.pp
+++ b/modules/postgres/manifests/backup_server.pp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class postgres::backup_server {
        concat::fragment { 'dsa-puppet-stuff--postgres-make_base_backups':
                target => '/etc/cron.d/dsa-puppet-stuff',
                content  => @("EOF")
-                       */30 * * * * debbackup sleep \$(( RANDOM \\% 1500 )) chronic ${$postgres::backup_server::globals::make_base_backups}
+                       */30 * * * * debbackup sleep \$(( RANDOM \\% 1200 )); chronic ${$postgres::backup_server::globals::make_base_backups}
                        | EOF
        }