Re: Server naming conventions

[Timothy Fairlie <fairlie () RIDER EDU>]

We used up all the Greek/Roman/Norse mythology names years ago... Only
Apollo and Poseidon still remain in production.

Lately the server guys have been using planets from the Star Wars
universe ( Tatooine, Dagobah, Hoth. etc). Superstition has prevented
them from deploying a production server named after the ill-fated
Alderaan though :-)

We use more explanatory CNAME's for the servers, so users never really
see the "real" server names

On 2/11/2010 12:24 PM, Michael J. Wheeler wrote:
> We have very few physical servers left here. But, they are still named
> for their function. SQL1 is a SQL server; mail is the mail server;
> esx1, esx2, and esx3 are VMware servers.
>
> All VMs are named for their function. dc1 and dc2 are domain
> controllers, ds1 and ds2 are directory (ldap) servers. For services
> that are less obvious (departmental servers), we put "-svr" at the
> end. For instance, University Police and Parking Services is "upps-svr".
>
> VMware makes things easier because there's an "annotations" box in the
> GUI attached to each VM. We populate the notes field with information
> detailing the VM's purpose, and who to contact if they have questions
> about that VM.
>
> Years ago, before my time here, we had a server admin that would name
> servers after bugs. Maggot, Cockroach, and Stinkbug were 3 Windows
> servers; it gave the perception of immaturity to upper administration.
> The VP's secretary seemed to cringe whenever she asked me to restore a
> file for her boss that was deleted from "Maggot".

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Timothy J. Fairlie
Director, Network and Communication Services
Rider University      Fairlie () rider edu