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.

Rgds,