Tag Archives: psjob

Introducing PoshRSJob as an Alternative to PowerShell Jobs

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Boe Prox

Maybe you have heard me blogging, speaking or tweeting off and on about using runspaces (or runspacepools) as a means to run tasks in the background vs. using PowerShell Jobs (PSJobs) (Start-Job, Get-Job, etc…). While I have seen a lot … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits: Did I Really Lose My Output With Receive-Job By Not Using–Keep?

Posted on June 27, 2014 by Boe Prox

We have all probable been there at some point. We use Start-Job to run a command in the background like this: Start-Job -ScriptBlock { Get-Process | Where { $_.WS -gt 100MB } } -Name HighMemProcess Take note of the HasMoreData … Continue reading →

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Using Background Runspaces Instead of PSJobs For Better Performance

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Boe Prox

In my previous article, I showed you a function to query remote servers for their network information using background runspaces to speed things up. To follow up on that article based on some questions and comments I received from that … Continue reading →

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