From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 12 13:17:59 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 418A516A4CE for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:17:59 +0000 (GMT) Received: from iota.root-servers.ch (iota.root-servers.ch [193.41.193.195]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2279543D45 for ; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:17:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gaml@buz.ch) Received: (qmail 19624 invoked from network); 12 Jul 2004 13:17:56 -0000 Received: from 80-218-104-238.dclient.hispeed.ch (HELO ga) (80.218.104.238) by 0 with SMTP; 12 Jul 2004 13:17:56 -0000 Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 15:18:02 +0200 From: Gabriel Ambuehl X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <751891933.20040712151802@buz.ch> To: isp@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Affordable IP KVMs? X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Gabriel Ambuehl List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 13:17:59 -0000 Slightly off topic but I assume some people here would know one thing or two about it... I'm in the market for some bullet proof remote administration product (most likely IP KVM but I'm open to other solutions). 99% of all work I can obviously do with ssh but the remaining ones when the server is actually DOWN is were fast fixing is required the most. So what do you people use for remote access to boxes who don't repond anymore? Any pointers to "cheap" IP KVMs (somewhere in the 1000$ range as opposed to the 5000$ one at which point it's probably cheaper to get redundant servers in first place...)? (I know about the serial console and while it certainly has its uses, I'm looking for something *really* bullet proof, enabling me to mess with BIOS etc as well).