On Dec 9, 2011 2:18 PM, "J. Roeleveld" <jo...@antarean.org> wrote: > > On Thu, December 8, 2011 5:01 pm, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Dec 8, 2011 9:46 PM, "Jarry" <mr.ja...@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,
