Webpage cache warmer with Powershell

Have you ever needed to cache web pages after a web server reboot?  Here is a great little PowerShell script that can be added to the start-up script of a server.  This is also great for getting SharePoint pages cached after a reboot.

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#     Open a list of webpages to warm the web server cache

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# Created Date: 8/6/2012

# Created By: Jim Bennett

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#Enter a comma separated list of webpages to hit

$WebpageList = "http://www.google.com","http://www.capstonebi.com"

$WebpageList | ForEach-Object {

      Write-Host "Opening page: $_" -ForegroundColor Yellow -nonewline

      $temp = [System.Math]::Round((Measure-Command {(new-object net.webclient).DownloadString($_)}).totalmilliseconds)

      Write-Host " (Opened in $temp milliseconds)" -ForegroundColor Yellow

}