So I sometimes need the ability to console into my servers to troubleshoot something or change BIOS settings etc, but always balk at having to haul a monitor and keyboard to get local access. When I worked in datacenters they had those mobile KVM carts you could wheel around to accomplish this, but I’m looking for something more portable.
Something else I was looking into was the PiKVM which I think would satisfy the need, but I’m curious if anyone here has experience with them (either DIY or the prebuilt units)? Also, I believe I would need to keep one of these in each of my server locations, of which there are two that are on different floors of the house.
Anyone have some advice, or some other solutions I haven’t thought of? Thanks in advance!
Edit: Thanks for all the great recommendations! I think I need to further refine my use case since I have a bad habit of buying way more than what’s actually needed. I will definitely keep an eye on this GL.iNet Comet Pro and see how it compares to the JetKVM, if anyone wants to weigh in please do :)
You might want a “lapdock”; basically a keyboard, monitor, and trackpad in a laptop form factor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapdock
I did come across these in my search, but don’t know much about them. I’ll do a little more research, but yeah something like this may do the trick