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[astutiumRob]

What if anything do you use to remote manage your colocated servers ?

Obviously if they're up & running there's VNC/Terminal Services/pcAnywhere etc, but what about bios level management ?

Does kvm over ip realy work ?

Do you have a management card inside the server ?

What about machines that won't boot without a keyboard attached ...

[BenH]

Hi,
I use KVM over ip for my colo , and its great

Ben

[snickn]

Ben, what brand name KVMoIP do you use?

[Sprynex]

I am also looking for some affordable KVM over IP solutions, however the only decent one I found was dell's, and it started @ $4500 +.. I'd settle on 1 remote user, but would prefer 2 +

[BenH]

Mine is "Cybex/Avocent DS1800",
the list price i quite expensive (7900$) but you can get good deals in ebay, i know that mine was bought in ebay but i dont know in what price .

Ben

[Mfjp]

Avocent seems to be come up alot in KVM over IP solutions. They do come around ebay some times, but there is very little.

[Sprynex]

Yeah.. ouch.. I'm looking for a solution for my dedicated customers.. I want to expand services by providing them this solution.. however it's just not cost effective... yet.