[BLU] Remote console options?

[rhofland at fastdial.net (Randall Hofland)]

David has brought up an idea that sounds a little like the MaxSpeed consoles.
They use Cat5 cabling to carry what is claimed to be a full PCI speed signal
(132 Mbs?) from a server to a remote console (MaxStation). Each PCI card
allows 4 users to run individual and independent sessions. I don't know if a
similar application exists for remote KVM but it seems a reasonably good idea
IF you had a stable and secure connection. Get to work, David!!!

Their CTO had given an interview (just recently published) shortly before
leaving the company. For those interested you might want to do a search for
that but I'm afraid I don't have even the sites name as a reference (although
Maxspeed.com might have a reference).

David Kramer wrote:

> On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
>
> > Hello to all:
> >
> > At work we have several systems at a colocation facility.   These systems
> > are cabled to a kvm.   If a system goes down for any reason, one of the
> > Sys Admin staff (of which I am one) must take a trip out to the site.
> >
> > To help try and prevent this, is there any kind of remote console system
> > which can permit the Sys Admin team to use a program to act as a remote
> > kvm, getting a remote console display over Ethernet?
>
> A coworker of mine about four years ago was looking into designing
> something like that and selling them.  At that time, there was nothing on
> the market exactly like that, and I have not heard of one since.  With the
> fantastic number of colocated hardware in New England alone, I'm truly
> amazed.
>
> Unfortunately, after he and I worked out how it would be done on a rough
> scale, he started "feature-creeping" it to the point where nobody would
> have bought it even at OUR cost.  In addition to dialup, he wanted to be
> able to do it over ethernet, deal with >1024x768 res (these are servers,
> dammit!), have NO special hardware installed in the computer being
> monitored, and sell it cheap enough that companies won't hesitate to buy
> as many as they need.  And shine my shoes.
>
> The major limitation was that you couldn't just envelope the video signal
> in some digital packet and send it over a phone line because no modem
> could keep up with an 80hz SVGA signal.  You would really have to take the
> signal and reconstruct the image, and send diffs with periodic
> refreshes.  That is, unless a special video card was used so you didn't
> have to translate the signal back and forth.  But he didn't want that.
>
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