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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by Prizephitah@feddit.nu to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 

Built a nice little PiKVM and deployed it in my NAS. The NAS is heavy and placed in a dark half-height place under the stairs so it’s awkward when things go wrong and you need hardware access.

The built KVM

For those that don’t know what PiKVM is: https://pikvm.org/

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

An IP graphics card?

Interesting. When is this more convenient than a virtual desktop (if it is what I guess it is)?

[–] Prizephitah@feddit.nu 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So what does it do?

For me a KVM is a switch for keeb, mouse and eventually a screen (or a virtual machine :-)

[–] Prizephitah@feddit.nu 1 points 10 months ago

It’s a KVM in the same sense but instead of switching it provides the functionality over a web interface so that I can manage my server from my workstation or laptop instead of crawling in the space beneath the stairs where my server is if something goes wrong. Compare with IPMI.