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Re: [Xen-users] Which to deploy

To: "Jonathan Tripathy" <jonnyt@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Which to deploy
From: "John Weekes" <lists.xen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 20:41:13 -0700
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We are about to co-located our first server in a datacentre a few hundred miles away, so we won't have good physical access to the box after installation.
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I would appreciate some advice on what to do. I would really only be able to get physical access to the box maybe once every 12-18 months.

For remote installations like this, I recommend that you deploy a machine that supports console and virtual media access via IPMI. It really is a lifesaver. This would also allow you to switch installs later, should you need to.

Among the relatively inexpensive solutions are those based on Supermicro barebones configurations such as the 6016T-NTF.

-John

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