[ale] Linux Server distros

[Jim Popovitch]

Jason Day wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 03:16:36PM -0400, Richard Kolkovich wrote:
>> Hotplug and USB definitely should not be there, IMHO.  Someone else in
>> this thread mentioned USB KVMs.  I have not seen too many of those,
>> though my newest Dell servers did ship with USB KBs and mice.  I still
>> think that it should be kept to PS/2 to be able to completely exclude
>> the USB subsystem from your kernel.
> 
> Many UPSes require USB ports to receive signals from the UPS.  Given
> that most people want to plug a server into a UPS, and want the server
> to automatically shut down during an extended power outage, including
> USB support probably isn't such a bad idea.

In a data center, or even with just several systems, you just don't plug 
every server into it's own UPS.  Most _home_ UPS's are USB based, higher 
end ones have an ethernet interface, their own IP, and can be managed 
via SNMP.

-Jim P.