[bigiain]

>> ...no remote management interface...

> I bet colos will plug a KVM into your hardware and give you remote access to that KVM.

From the https://www.colaptop.com landing page: "Free KVM-over-IP access to your laptop - just like having it right next to you."

[simoncion]

> From the https://www.colaptop.com landing page:

Yeah. I got bored a couple of hours after I posted that speculation and found several other colo facilities that mentioned that they'd do remote KVM. I'd figured that it was a common thing (a fair chunk of hardware you might want to colo either doesn't have IPMI or doesn't have IPMI that's worth a damn), but wasn't sure.

[justsomehnguy]

You really don't know how much it costs, do you?

Check https://tinypilotkvm.com/collections/all-products these are the cheapest ones.

[simoncion]

MSRP for remote-capable KVMs is irrelevant.

You (the person paying to co-locate hardware) don't buy the KVM that the colo facility uses. The colo facility hooks up the KVM that they own to your hardware and configures it so that you can access it. Once you stop paying to colo your hardware, you take your hardware back (or maybe pay them to dispose of it, I guess) and they keep the KVM, because it's theirs.

[jiggunjer]

I think a raspberry pi setup would be the cheapest? Not as professional perhaps.