Ask HN: Data Center Hardware - Start Up Idea
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All of the data centers I have worked in or have visited have had a KVM in each rack or cluster of racks. Many servers even come with a IP based KVM built into them ...HP does this for sure. It is a good idea but I think there are other products or methods that would reduce your target market.
Ah, the only viable use for an iPad.
Except of course you can't write software for the iPad without spending money so screw it.
Except of course you can't write software for the iPad without spending money so screw it.
I would imagine most serious data centers have either rack-mounted KVM's (the one that fits in a 1U) or some IP KVM.
The majority of data centers that I visited generally does had a 1U KVM in the rack.
Configuring a server now I’ve got a monitor and keyboard plugged into it, but I’ll have to move it soon and I started thinking about what a pain in the rear it is to move hardware around when you need to see what’s going on with a headless server.
The idea:
Imagine a laptop. Now instead of ports that you plug stuff into, imagine retractable cables in the back.
A VGA, DVI, PS2 (maybe?) and USB cables that you plug into a server and the laptop essentially becomes the monitor, keyboard and mouse. All running off a battery.
Of course there are other methods to manage this type of situation from a DRAC card to just a normal ethernet port and a VNC client, but from a pure hardware standpoint, I imagine this might be very useful to some data centers.
What do you think of the idea?
If you build it... give me one. :)