I blame them all the time, trust me... I still have nightmares over that network - was a very scary place! The best thing for it would have been a catastrophic, network-wide server failure (or fire) so we could have started from scratch!
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RE: What are your server names like?
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RE: What are your server names like?
@morbiuswilters said:
This works okay if you only have 5 servers and work for a place with no sense of professionalism. Good luck with that.
Huh? Calling servers by common names is actually a well accepted practice - only the admins need to know the 'local name' of a server. Have a read of http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1178 - it hasn't lead me astray yet...
Not saying that Simpsons characters is a great idea, but it works well in our network. I've worked at places that used philosopher names, and other that used server function based names (think MSDC for a Microsoft Domain Controller). Was never a fan of location/function based names at all, and they're prone to typos as well!
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RE: What are your server names like?
I've named my servers (and other machines) by Simpsons characters at the office. LOST characters at home...
I personally think that naming computers/servers after their function is terrible convention - what happens when you want to repurpose your server? What about replacing a server with another? I think you're better going for nice and generic names (bart, lisa, homer, maggie, burns, wiggum) and using a DNS server to bridge the gap - so connecting to SVA14GLOXBADNAME really connects to BART. That way, you could replace BART with MILHOUSE and all you need is a simple change in your DNS!