Run N parallel jobs in powershell

Question

I have the following powershell script

$list = invoke-sqlcmd \'exec getOneMillionRows\' -Server...
$list | % {
    GetData $_ > $_.txt
    ZipTheFile $_.t         


        

Answer 1

Old thread but I think this could help:

$List = C:\List.txt
$Jobs = 8

Foreach ($PC in Get-Content $List)
{
Do
    {
    $Job = (Get-Job -State Running | measure).count
    } Until ($Job -le $Jobs)

Start-Job -Name $PC -ScriptBlock { "Your command here $Using:PC" }
Get-Job -State Completed | Remove-Job
}

Wait-Job -State Running
Get-Job -State Completed | Remove-Job
Get-Job

The "Do" loop pause the "foreach" when the amount of job "running" exceed the amount of "$jobs" that is allowed to run. Than wait for the remaining to complete and show failed jobs...