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Re: Server naming conventions
From: "Stanclift, Michael" <michael.stanclift () ROCKHURST EDU>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:59:34 -0600
A long time ago I ran an NT domain where everything was Trek ships. The domain was FEDERATION and the server was ENTERPRISE :) The Memory-Alpha wiki would have come in handy back then. Michael Stanclift | Network Analyst | Computer Services Rockhurst University | 1100 Rockhurst Road, Kansas City, MO 64110 Phone: 816.501.4231 | Fax: 816.501.4014 | http://help.rockhurst.edu Help keep our campus green, think before you print! RUCS will never ask you for your password! -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Jones, Dan Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:25 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Server naming conventions Claven was our mx host some time back too. I still love that name. We too have a star trek clique... but there are so many servers we've run out of names (including original star trek, next generation, etc., etc.). We use a naming convention that indicates server ownership, location, function, and ##; e.g. EdUnivApps01 is owned by the school (ED), on the University (Univ) campus, and is the first application server in the group (Apps01). This standard convention helps since it's easy to instantly know many aspects about the server... especially location and function. If you extend this naming convention to the cable labeling scheme in your data center, and add the switch port each device connects to (and any intermediary DC cabling hops) it can pay even greater benefits. Full labeling at all cable transitions identifies the entire path, server, and switch port wherever you are. (very slick) Network gear has a standard naming convention that similarly captures location, closet, function, chassis & slot. Dan Jones UMass Medical School -----Original Message----- From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Pete Hickey Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 3:17 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Server naming conventions On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 02:17:08PM -0500, Woodruff, Daniel wrote:
What kinds of naming conventions do everyone follow when building new servers?
TV shows. Our email infrastructure is characters from Cheers, with Cliff as the main mailer. Star trek forms another group, etc... -- Pete Hickey The University of Ottawa "Beware of geeks bearing GIFs." Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Current thread:
- Re: Server naming conventions, (continued)
- Re: Server naming conventions Sherry Horeanopoulos (Feb 10)
- Re: Server naming conventions Valdis Kletnieks (Feb 10)
- Re: Server naming conventions Laurie Zirkle (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Childs, Aaron (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Woodruff, Daniel (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Sherry Horeanopoulos (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Gene Spafford (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Stucky, David (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Cal Frye (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Steven Tardy (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Stanclift, Michael (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Michael J. Wheeler (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Timothy Fairlie (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Derek Diget (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Michael J. Wheeler (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Julian Y. Koh (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Sandra Barclay (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Andreas Paulisch (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Dan Oachs (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Barbara Ann Torney (Feb 11)
- Re: Server naming conventions Laurie Zirkle (Feb 11)
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