On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia nkadel@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Rudi Ahlers Rudi@softdux.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Devin Reade gdr@gno.org wrote:
Michael B Allen ioplex@gmail.com wrote:
Are there any KVM over IP switches that are not thousands of dollars? Ideally a 3-4 port switch for a few hundred seems reasonable to me.
I can attest that the Adderlink iPEPS and iPEPS-DA are excellent units. They're both in the 500-1000 range. They're intended for a single machine, but as long as your access policies allow for it, putting an electronic KVM switch (~$200) between multiple servers and the iPEPS works well.
Isn't it cheaper, at this price range to get a motherboard with built-in KVMOIP support? I know many Intel & SuperMicro server boards offer this either on board, or as an added module. Even on the smaller / cheaper SuperMicro boards I could add KVMOIP support for about $40 per server. And, it doesn't takup any more space on the racks and has much less clutter than those spiders
Note. This is *NOT* CentOS, this is general systems discussion.
That's great until you want to connect another session, or haven't had a chance to configure a new machine and want to do it remotely, or you want to leave your mom's netbook in the rack while you re-install it for her. (This just came up on another list.) _______________________________________________
True.......
Both have their pro's & con's, but in our case we'll always only use rackmount servers which is why I prefer the onboard modules.