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,