Re: Server naming conventions

[Jeff Kell <jeff-kell () UTC EDU>]

On 2/11/2010 4:43 PM, Greg Schaffer wrote:
> I have to chime in on this thread although I've resisted doing so
> until now.  During the 90's I worked at a hospital.  The network had
> three core routers named Larry, Curly, and Moe. [...] Still, today
> core routers/L3 switches in our network are named based on location
> per my directive, remembering that one incident.

I have to agree.  We have had our share of cute names (snakes, raptors,
etc), but had a number of core server names from Greek mythology.  They
were no doubt meaningful to the administrator, but they were terribly
confusing to the rest of us trying to follow the data flow diagrams, and
getting text alerts about them from our service monitors, trying to
remember who does what...

Jeff