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Show HN: TinyPilot – Build a KVM over IP using a Raspberry Pi

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756 points mtlynch | 1 comments | 23 Jul 20 13:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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cerberusss ◴[23 Jul 20 14:43 UTC] No.23927849[source]▶
Fantastic project. Amazing how you overcame each obstacle, and very well written to boot. Kudos.

Quite funny how you brought 1000 ms latency down to 200 ms. I wonder how this compares to iDRAC and that Raritan device.

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EvanAnderson ◴[23 Jul 20 15:14 UTC] No.23928189[source]▶
I've used virtually all of the iDRACs. They're probably in that 200ms area (based on my gut feeling w/ no empirical measurements). They've been fairly responsive in my experience.
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Bnshsysjab ◴[23 Jul 20 23:21 UTC] No.23933907[source]▶
Out of curiosity do they bring any functionality that this device does not?
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DrPhish ◴[23 Jul 20 23:48 UTC] No.23934083[source]▶
The most interesting stuff is generally:

-Remotely mounting images (ISO/FS/IMG/etc) on the host for bare-metal installs or any other purpose

-Hard power options for unresponsive servers or emergencies

-Heavily integrated diagnostics (fan RPMs, thermals, RAID status, etc etc) with eg. snmp output

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Bnshsysjab ◴[24 Jul 20 09:03 UTC] No.23937335[source]▶
Cool, I assume with enough willpower those first two could be solved with a pi too ;)
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1. Sebb767 ◴[24 Jul 20 09:37 UTC] No.23937508[source]▶
If we go that route, all three of them could (for example via fan sensors). Whether it's worth it is a different question :)