[rescue] Small servers (was Re: WTT: 1.5G of PC2700 for 1G of PC100)

[Mark]

On 4 May 2008, at 17:16, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>> From: Robert Darlington <rdarlington at gmail.com>
>> Date: 2008/05/03 Sat PM 11:52:32 CDT
>> To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>> Subject: Re: [rescue] Small servers (was Re: WTT: 1.5G of PC2700  
>> for 1G of PC100)
>
>> The HP servers have their Lights Out Management (or whatever HP calls
>> it).  You can log in, reboot the machine, and watch the BIOS check  
>> and
>> all.  It's really handy when you need to reboot a box from home.
>
> Dell's have the DRAC card, but it more than just a serial console  
> (and quite pricey)

They *are* damn good bits of kit though. I had one installed in ours  
when we got it (at significant cost, yes I agree), which was a  
stunning piece of foresight given that 4 years down the line we've  
installed a VPN :)

Being able to watch the whole thing power cycle from 10 miles away is  
rather power-complex inducing ;)


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