Re: KVM question - skip this technology entirely

["Jerry Feldman-2" <user=4@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Mon, 12 May 2008 10:55:16 -0400 
Ward Vandewege <[hidden email]> wrote: 

> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 09:34:37AM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote: 
> > I just looked at the Supermicro IPMI cards, and they run roughly just 
> > under $100 to $200 depending on features.  I didn't check Dell DRAC 
> > because we have no Dells, and we have ILO on the 3 HP Integrity 
> > servers.  The IPMI also has a virtual media over LAN capability. I 
> > think the basic decision will be based on the recommendation from our 
> > Toronto Data Center people. 
> 
> Do yourself a favor and avoid IPMI at all cost. It *sucks*. You wouldn't 
> believe how poorly these things are implemented.