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Question : How auto grabbing works.

Answer :

First of all set up the cron job which will run once in every hour. Then Suppose you have 10 sources names as "source 1", "source 2" ... "source 10"

Now You can set the grab duration from admin panel like this

For first 3 sources, set "grab duration" = 6 hours and "starting from"=1 am

For Next 3 sources set "grab duration" = 6 hours and "starting from"=2 am

For Next 4 sources set "grab duration" = 6 hours and "starting from"=3 am

Now if you calculate the grab times for then it will be like

For first 3 sources grab time= 1 am , 7am, 1pm , 7pm

For Next 3 sources grab time=2 am, 8 am, 2 pm, 8 pm

For Next 4 sources set grab time=3 am, 9 am, 3 pm, 9 pm

From this schedule you can see all 10 sources will be grabbed 4 times a day, but not at same time. In this manner you can decrease server load and execution time.

You can also setup grab duration to 1 hour if you want. Then every source will be grabbed once in every hour.