[Ilugc] [Slightly OT] Share one monitor with multiple servers

Binand Sethumadhavan binand at gmail.com
Thu Mar 17 09:53:41 IST 2005


On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:33:05 +0530, Bhuvaneswaran A
<bhuvaneswaran at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have 6 servers running gnu/linux. Currently, i have connected one
> monitor, keyboard & mouse to each servers. In order to reduce the room
> space consumed, i wish to have some setup where in i should be able to
> share one monitor, keyboard & mouse with all 6 servers.

Yes, what you need is a KVM switch. But the one above looks like an
overkill - it has 32 ports and you have just 6 hosts. Unless you're
planning on a major expansion drive, I'd suggest you go for an 8 port
one.

Binand


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