21 Apr
2002
21 Apr
'02
7:55 a.m.
On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
One other thing ... It's easy to get "wrapped
around the axle" with details
about what works better than what, etc. Fact is ... the purpose of a network
is to make multiple computers appear to you, the sum of all the end-users,
since it's YOUR home computing facility, as one useful tool. I've seen more
than one guy move from three boxes to each of which he could type a command
and have a response in a couple of seconds, to a networked environment where
he could sit at one station and accomplish the same thing, but not without a
minute or two of typing. Some guys see this as an improvement.
Great minds must think alike. I was rereading the other posts on the
subject and thinking that I omitted any mention of a very critical
component of my network; my KVM.
I have an old Aten 8-port KVM to which I connect my firewall, my main
desktop box, and usually 2 or 3 study-environment machines, plus
whatever PCs I'm working on at the time. I just wish I could afford one
of the blade-style units, that will connect to PC, Mac, Sun, RS6k, etc,
based on which cards you install in the KVM. Way into 4-figure prices,
though.
Sometimes immediate console access is the only way to fly.
Doc
P.S.- More inline with the thread and Dick's comments - I really _like_
LDAP.