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On Friday, December 09, 2011 04:45:05 PM Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> On Dec 9, 2011 2:18 PM, "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> > On Thu, December 8, 2011 5:01 pm, Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> > > On Dec 8, 2011 9:46 PM, "Jarry" <mr.jarry@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > >> This server is ~50 miles away, and if I screw something |
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> > >> and it does not boot up, I will have to go there and fix it |
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> > >> on place. One small typo in ~50 config-files which must be |
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> > >> updated is just enough to cause it... |
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> > > That's why I no longer deploy baremetal servers these days. Always |
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> > > as a VM |
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> > > on top of a hypervisor, with a small VM dedicated as an SSH tunnel. |
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> > > If I mess up, I can use the hypervisor management tool to reboot |
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> > > the VM, or open |
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> > > a console session, or even revert to a "known good" state. |
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> > A seperate machine with serial-console or Ethernet-KVM on the mainboard |
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> > also helps. Especially when updating the host :) |
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> > My new servers will all have Ethernet-KVM for this reason. |
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> How I wish I can deploy an Ethernet KVM... my boss thought it was a good |
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> idea, until he saw the price tag :-/ |
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> Rgds, |
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My new server has one on the mainboard (Tyan S5512GM4NR) that has a web- |
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interface from which I can start a java-app for remote desktop. |
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Other options: reset/power control, online read-out of sensor-data and I can |
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patch the BIOS without starting the server. |
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First time I got this and I like it enough to want it for future servers. |
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Joost |