[149244] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Console Server Recommendation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nick Hilliard)
Tue Jan 31 13:26:05 2012
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Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:25:09 +0000
From: Nick Hilliard <nick@foobar.org>
To: George Bonser <gbonser@seven.com>
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On 31/01/2012 17:27, George Bonser wrote:
> Wouldn't a program such as "conserver" running on a linux box someplace
> potentially provide these (maybe with a little extra hackery)? We use
> that quite a bit. One interesting option is that it allows another
> person to also watch the console session. So, for example, I can give
> someone a console session while watching the progress of it.
yes, except that I would prefer to spend money on getting a pre-packaged
solution rather than spending time customising boxes, dealing with
customised upgrades, and so on. Fascinating and all as they are, console
servers are a means to an end, and the less time I'm forced to spend
trashing them into submission and maintaining them on an ongoing basis, the
more time I have for productive work.
Nick
