On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Rudi Ahlers <Rudi at softdux.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Devin Reade <gdr at gno.org> wrote: >> Michael B Allen <ioplex at 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.)