Re: [gentoo-user] How can I keep baselayout-1?

[Joost Roeleveld <joost@antarean.org>]

On Friday, December 09, 2011 04:45:05 PM Pandu Poluan wrote:
> On Dec 9, 2011 2:18 PM, "J. Roeleveld" <joost@antarean.org> wrote:
> > On Thu, December 8, 2011 5:01 pm, Pandu Poluan wrote:
> > > On Dec 8, 2011 9:46 PM, "Jarry" <mr.jarry@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> This server is ~50 miles away, and if I screw something
> > >> and it does not boot up, I will have to go there and fix it
> > >> on place. One small typo in ~50 config-files which must be
> > >> updated is just enough to cause it...
> > > 
> > > That's why I no longer deploy baremetal servers these days.  Always
> > > as a VM
> > > on top of a hypervisor, with a small VM dedicated as an SSH tunnel.
> > > If I mess up, I can use the hypervisor management tool to reboot
> > > the VM, or open
> > > a console session, or even revert to a "known good" state.
> > 
> > A seperate machine with serial-console or Ethernet-KVM on the mainboard
> > also helps. Especially when updating the host :)
> > 
> > My new servers will all have Ethernet-KVM for this reason.
> 
> How I wish I can deploy an Ethernet KVM... my boss thought it was a good
> idea, until he saw the price tag :-/
> 
> Rgds,

My new server has one on the mainboard (Tyan S5512GM4NR) that has a web-
interface from which I can start a java-app for remote desktop.

Other options: reset/power control, online read-out of sensor-data and I can 
patch the BIOS without starting the server.

First time I got this and I like it enough to want it for future servers.

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Joost