unix1 IN A 207.195.195.1 unix2 IN A 207.195.195.2 ... unix30 IN A 207.195.195.30 I only use airport codes in my router names, and only now because we have a 2nd location. So I have core-1.msp, core-2.msp, etc. I don't expect to have hosts running at the other POP for much longer. Yes, unixX is bland...but dopey and doc don't give any more information about a machine's function either. There are benefits though: I never have to think about what I'm going to call a box I never run out of naming space Host->IP is easy to figure out No customers are offended (you'd be surprised what kind of comments "kilroy" generated at another job) I stay away from naming a box www1 or ns1, since the services may get moved between physical machines. When a box gets christened with it's hostname, that hostname goes into DNS, a sticker on the front, a sticker on the patch panel, and an entry in our wiring database (all of the wires are numbered). I was a little more creative with my personal machines though. I'm using the moons of Saturn, and I don't expect to ever have more than 18 working machines (lest my wife kill me) <g> On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Smith, Craig A (MN14) wrote: > > At the north end of last Friday's beer meeting, there was a discussion about > server naming conventions. I opined the names of 7 dwarfs works only until > you get an 8th server. I've heard of using the elements from the periodic > table (bonus: use each element's atomic number for the ip address). Robert > likes to use names of nuclear disaster sites (something about a Sun box > named Chernobyl that eventually blew up). But it seems to me that "ssh > threemileisland" > is a lot to type every time you need to login remotely. So, what are the > desirable qualities for names? > > - large address space > - memorable > - easy to type (short) > - easily spelled (unambiguous) > > To that end, I proposed using common names of animals. To keep the names > short, I'd like to use no more than 3 characters. This lead to a brain > storming session to come up with at least one 3 letter name for every letter > of the alphabet. We didn't find names for all 26 letters, but that's not > one of the above requirements. Ursula seemed to have a knack and came up > with most of the following. > > ant, ape > bat, bee, bug, boa > cub, cow, cat, cod > doe, dog > emu, egg, eel, elk, ewe > fox, fly > gar, gnu > hog, hen > i-- > jay > koi, kid > l-- > man > nit > owl > pig, pug > q-- > ram, rat, roe, ray > sow > tux (not a "real" animal?) > u-- > v-- > w-- > x-- > yak > z-- > > > It was further proposed the router could be named "vet" and the dns might be > called "zoo." > > > == Craig A. Smith mailto:craig.a.smith at honeywell.com > Office 763-954-2895 Cell 612.518.2200 FAX 763-954-2313 > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list