KVM Switch

[Gerry Creager N5JXS]

We/ve been using the Belkin switch in our operations, both for my
cluster and for a lot of other departmental stacks of PCs.  They seem to
be just about bulletproof, but are certainly not the cheapeest ones out
there.

gerry
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William Park wrote:
> 
> On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 05:35:29PM -0400, Robert G. Brown wrote:
> > On Fri, 11 May 2001, Raghubhushan Pasupathy wrote:
> >
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > I am looking to buy a KVM switch for an 8-node(16 processor) Beowulf
> > > Cluster. Can anyone give me some directions on this since I am completely
> > > lost. What specs, brand etc. do you suggest?
> 
> I remember seeing few ad in "Linux Journal".  From my experience, I only
> needed K/V/M at the beginning; after setup, I just use ethernet.
> 
> >
> > Why?  KVM's tend to be very expensive (I know, I have a Raritan which is
> > an excellent choice and even keyboard-switchable BUT which costs a whole
> > lot -- good KVM's can cost $100 per port or even more).  I also have a
> > really cheapo four position mechanical KVM switch that works for
> > keyboard and video but cannot switch PS2 mice.  It degrades video
> 
> Yes, I found this out the hard way.  Abit VP6 hangs if you unplug/plug
> PS/2 mouse.

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