By default the database cleardown in connect server config is set to:
0 59 * * * ?
What does this actually mean? Ideally I want it to run every hour as retrieve items get much slower as the day goes on currently
As mentioned in the online help, the CRON schedule follows the Quartz syntax.
The CRON schedule you posted means “Run the cleanup service on the 59th minute of every hour of every day of every month”.
So your schedule is already set to run once every hour.
ah brilliant, thanks Phil