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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 as a |
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> VM |
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> on top of a hypervisor, with a small VM dedicated as an SSH tunnel. If I |
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> mess up, I can use the hypervisor management tool to reboot the VM, or |
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> 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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