[SunHELP] console servers

[James Fogg]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, THOU SPAKE:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 01:10:00PM +0200, Kevin Maguire wrote:
> > 
> > modems, etc).  We did a test install of conserver (www.conserver.com)
> > on Linux which worked OK, but I think I'd prefer a hardware based
> > system, though I'm not sure why I think that :-)
> 
Another reason I can think of for hardware based terminal servers.....

I use Linux boxen with Digi cards (not my choice). Every time the dam OS goes
down it sends a break to the console ports, causing all our machines to stop
and puke (not good in a production environment). Linux boxen do need the
occational bootage (sorry evangelists). Hardware solutions are permanent.

btw.. the break problem is a Digi issue (others do it too). There are supposed
patches from Sun for the issue, but we haven't got them to work yet.

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