Microsoft.PowerShell.ThreadJob
2.1.0
PowerShell's built-in BackgroundJob jobs (Start-Job) are run in separate processes on the local machine.
They provide excellent isolation but are resource heavy. Running hundreds of BackgroundJob jobs can quickly
absorb system resources.
This module extends the existing PowerShell BackgroundJob to include a new thread based ThreadJob job. This is a
lighter
PowerShell's built-in BackgroundJob jobs (Start-Job) are run in separate processes on the local machine.
They provide excellent isolation but are resource heavy. Running hundreds of BackgroundJob jobs can quickly
absorb system resources.
This module extends the existing PowerShell BackgroundJob to include a new thread based ThreadJob job. This is a
lighter weight solution for running concurrent PowerShell scripts that works within the existing PowerShell job
infrastructure.
ThreadJob jobs will tend to run quicker because there is lower overhead and they do not use the remoting serialization
system. And they will use up fewer system resources. In addition output objects returned from the job will be
'live' since they are not re-hydrated from the serialization system. However, there is less isolation. If one
ThreadJob job crashes the process then all ThreadJob jobs running in that process will be terminated.
This module exports a single cmdlet, Start-ThreadJob, which works similarly to the existing Start-Job cmdlet.
The main difference is that the jobs which are created run in separate threads within the local process.
One difference is that ThreadJob jobs support a ThrottleLimit parameter to limit the number of running jobs,
and thus active threads, at a time. If more jobs are started then they go into a queue and wait until the current
number of jobs drops below the throttle limit.
Minimum PowerShell version
5.1
Installation Options
Owners
Copyright
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Package Details
Author(s)
- Microsoft Corporation
Cmdlets
Dependencies
This module has no dependencies.
FileList
- Microsoft.PowerShell.ThreadJob.nuspec
- Microsoft.PowerShell.ThreadJob.dll
- Microsoft.PowerShell.ThreadJob.pdb
- Microsoft.PowerShell.ThreadJob.psd1
- en-us\Microsoft.PowerShell.ThreadJob.dll-Help.xml
Version History
Version | Downloads | Last updated |
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2.1.0 (current version) | 42,798 | 6/7/2021 |