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jadgate
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Posted - 06/15/2012 : 3:24:40 PM

I'm one of those poor souls who hasn't quite embraced the virtualization thing whole hog and consolidated all my physical systems in to 1 physical box with VMs. As such, I run 2 systems through a KVM switch, which has been getting flaky over time. Its a Belkin. Its using PS/2 ports. I'm planning to buy a replacement, but I'm wondering if I should ditch PS/2 and go with USB only and power.

PS: this is just for home use; no need to connect up a bunch of systems in a data center. At this point, I'm so frustrated with the performance, RDP might be a better option, but there is still a need to use the switch at some point.

Thoughts? Anyone bought a KVM box recently they are happy with?

Jim

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Edited by - jadgate on 06/15/2012 3:26:33 PM

wobble_wobble
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Posted - 06/15/2012 : 3:49:23 PM

Jim,

If they are "older" server hardware the usb kvm's in my experience do not work well.
If they run windows, buy a second monitor and use Mouse Without Borders or similar.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/09/09/microsoft-garage-download-mouse-without-borders.aspx

My 2cents worth.

Joe

After everything that has happened during the month of Jan 07, I do believe that pigs fly backwards!

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