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Ask HN: Data Center Hardware - Start Up Idea
I don’t roam around data centers much anymore, but one thing I recall
from the emergancy visits is a “Crash Cart.” Basically a keyboard, mouse
and monitor on a card that you push down the row, plugin and off you go.
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. :)
- mvip 16y agoI would imagine most serious data centers have either rack-mounted KVM's (the one that fits in a 1U) or some IP KVM.
- Altreus 16y agoAh, the only viable use for an iPad. Except of course you can't write software for the iPad without spending money so screw it.
- zppx 16y agoThe majority of data centers that I visited generally does had a 1U KVM in the rack.
- jpmc 16y agoAll 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.