On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Yves Dorfsman wrote:
On 2012-08-13 13:59, da...@lang.hm wrote:
On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Eric Shamow wrote:
Anybody know of them? Particularly interested in KVM over IP.
I could go serial console, but it's weird to me that there are no small
business, 4-port KVM over IP solutions. Everything's the full Avocent or
Raritan deal, with server, software licensing, and dongles. Looking for
something relatively simple but that allows console access when needed.
For the Home/Small business, why do you need a IP KVM?
Normal activity (i.e. everything except fixing a down system) should be
able
to be done without the KVM console. RDP on windows, SSH on *nix for
example.
When you do have a down system that can only be fixed via a KVM console,
aren't you going to have people who can get at a non IP KVM to fix them?
A very large percentage of the time that things have gone bad enough that
you
need the KVM console, you are also going to need other access (insert a CD,
listen for strange sounds from the system, etc)
For the middle ground where you need remote KVM access, but don't need the
rest of the physical access, you should be able to create a Live CD that
you
can have an unskilled person boot a system with to then let you get at it
remotely to try and fix.
If you have an unattended computer room, or not paying for operator service
(we said small business!) from your comp. room provider, being able to log in
the kvm to hit 'y' to reply to fsck so that the boot/reboot completes, beats
having to drive in the middle of the night any day!
If you're at the point of having a dedicated computer room (as opposed to
a few systems under a desk), you seem to be straining the category of
"Home/Small Business" to the large side.
besides, I'm told that everyone uses Journaled File Systems nowdays, and
they don't need fsck, right :-)
David Lang
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