[OSM-dev] The future of sysadmin

[Andy Allan]

On 7/19/07, Raphaël Jacquot <sxpert at sxpert.org> wrote:
> 80n wrote:
> > 1) Remote consoles would seem to be a high priority
>
> I'll do you one better
>
> * there should be a serial port concentrator (such as a cyclades unit)
> * the boxes should be powered through a remote controlled power bar, so
> that they can be remotely restarted in case they panic or something

If they are all beside each other; I don't know if this is the case at
UCL. We use HP's Integrated Lights Out (ILO) at work, but the general
point regarding OOB management still stands.

We would still need people on hand for racking, de-racking etc.

Andy