From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 9 22:56:35 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 705B8106566B for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 22:56:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@simons-rock.edu) Received: from hedwig.simons-rock.edu (hedwig.simons-rock.edu [208.81.88.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4730E8FC08 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 22:56:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cesium.hyperfine.info (c2.8d.5646.static.theplanet.com [70.86.141.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hedwig.simons-rock.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4CA32BB343; Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:56:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:56:32 -0500 From: "Peter C. Lai" To: Charles Sprickman Message-ID: <20100209225631.GP4648@cesium.hyperfine.info> References: <4B6F9A8D.4050907@langille.org> <4B70FEEC.6070007@modulus.org> <20100209063310.GA23387@icarus.home.lan> <4B715AC6.5090500@denninger.net> <20100209134456.GA37029@icarus.home.lan> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick Subject: Re: hardware for home use large storage X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:56:35 -0000 On 2010-02-09 05:32:02PM -0500, Charles Sprickman wrote: > On Tue, 9 Feb 2010, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> One similar product that does seem to work well is iLO, available on >> HP/Compaq hardware. > > I've heard great things about that. It seems like a much better design - > it's essentially a small server that is independent from the main host. Has > it's own LAN and serial ports as well. > > Charles Dell PowerEdge Remote Access (DRAC) cards also provided this as well, and for a while there, you could actually VNC into them. But HP offers iLO for no extra charge or discount upon removal (DRACs are worth about $250) and has become such a prominent "must-have" datacenter feature that the "iLO" term is beginning to become genericized for web-accessible and virtual disc-capable onboard out-of-band IP-console management. -- =========================================================== Peter C. Lai | Bard College at Simon's Rock Systems Administrator | 84 Alford Rd. Information Technology Svcs. | Gt. Barrington, MA 01230 USA peter AT simons-rock.edu | (413) 528-7428 ===========================================================