A bash script to continuously run the runJobs.php script in small batches to allow a slow server to keep up and still allow public traffic on the site. This script should be placed in the mediawiki maintenance directory.

mediawiki-run-jobs.sh

# Run meny MediaWiki Jobs
while [ `php showJobs.php` != 0 ];
do
  echo -n "Starting over; `php showJobs.php` jobs left to run; running 10 jobs in 2 cycles."
  php runJobs.php --maxjobs 10 --procs 5 --quiet
  LOAD="`uptime |awk '{ print $10 }' |sed 's/,//g'`"
  if [ $LOAD > 1.9 ]; then
    WAIT=`echo "sqrt(2 * $LOAD * 50)" |bc`
    echo " - Sleeping for $WAIT secs"
    sleep $WAIT
  else
    echo " - Not sleeping"
  fi
done