With KVM Over IP the dedicated server client can manage the dedicated server remotely using his own personal computer. So what is KVM Over IP, also called the KVM – IP or KVMoIP? The full form of KVM Over IP is “Keyboard, Video, Mouse Over IP”. This technology or service basically captures the keyboard – Video – Mouse signals from the personal computer and transmits them over to the dedicated server, remotely. This is a fantastic web service offered by many web hosts to their dedicated servers hosting clients. With KVM Over IP, the client virtually manages his dedicated server remotely as if it is physically front of him and he is managing it.
The common uses for remote dedicated server management are:
- Remote Dedicated server management
- Allowing server access between single or multiple users and a single dedicated server or multiple servers
- Monitoring the dedicated server even if the server is offline, i.e., even if the server’s internet connection is not working.
- Full-time access to the dedicated server remotely
For any server administrator, the KVM Over IP (KVMoIP) is a very handy application. Of course, this application needs the user to be well versed in the operations and management of the dedicated servers, but it is obvious that most of the users who operate the marvelous dedicated servers essentially are good server administrators, or the novice webmasters who use the dedicated servers either hire good administrators or use their web host’s excellent technical management team to monitor and manage their dedicated servers.
The remote keyboard, video, and the mouse direct console access is now possible using the KVM Over IP, and thus the client gets complete control over his dedicated server. This control is even possible when the dedicated server is offline. With the KVM Over IP, the client can remotely boot-on, reboot, or boot-off the server. He can also get the access to the console, install or reinstall the operating system of the dedicated server, and can also access the dedicated servers’ BIOS settings. With this service, monitoring the dedicated server is made possible as it reboots.
The KVMoIP service is especially useful if the client wishes to test new techniques or needs to monitor the dedicated server’s activities minutely, especially after any Operating System changes are done, or the server has been reconfigured. With the KVM Over IP, the client can remotely monitor all these features any time he wishes.
A Drive Redirection is also made possible using the KVM Over IP service. In a Drive Redirection, the personal computer’s CD-ROM drive or the USB drive can be redirected to the client’s dedicated server remotely.
The KVM Over IP service is especially useful to those clients who like to control their dedicated server remotely. The dedicated server hosting provider’s technical service, of course, provides all the features of the KVM Over IP to the clients if they opt for the managed dedicated server hosting. Hence, unless the client is skilled at doing the server administrator work remotely, or if the user who may not like to use the excellent yet expensive KVMoIP service, or is quite unskilled at using such technical facilities, the client can always use the web host’s professional and well-experienced technical service through email or live help, and the technical team at the data center would provide these services using their own consoles. Using such specific technical support may or may not cost additional fees to be paid to the web host.
The KVMoIP service is still expensive and needs complete understanding of how it can be utilized perfectly, and hence only the best server administrators should use it remotely.
KVMoIP is far more useful for the clients who use colocation servers rather than those who use dedicated servers, especially if they opt for the managed dedicated server hosting. For those who use colocation , these clients usually are the business organizations who employ in-house expert dedicated server administrators and technicians, and thus they can handle their dedicated servers remotely.
