In my experience wget cron.php outperforms drush cron, and load on the server during cron runs can be even 4x lower with wget cron.php.

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adrian commented

i am gonna add this now, switchable with a variable.

it will use the backend mechanism by default though.

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Title: Can we switch to cron.php (standard wget) by default in Aegir? » Can we switch to cron.php (standard wget) in Aegir?
Status: Active » Fixed

committed to head.

[master 298761e] Give cron the ability to be run via wget instead of using drush backend invoke #788868
3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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    Give cron the ability to be run via wget instead of using drush backend...