[dundee] Naming Conventions

Jason Cormie Jason-lug at wormwood666.demon.co.uk
Tue Oct 7 22:48:52 UTC 2008


Kris Davidson wrote:
> I can't name anything, I'll take an hour or so struggling to come up
> with a name for something or even worse a scheme. Then just after I've
> used it I'll decide its crap, anyway just wondering what everyone uses
> for their naming schemes. Particularly naming servers, network devices
> and workstations but anything really.
> 
> I've tried using here as a guide http://namingschemes.com/Main_Page
> and in the past I've used Norse gods & mythology and Babylon 5
> 

Very dull, but stick to descriptive/functional names, with numbers for
multiple of similar boxes...
more important when you hit a large number of boxes...

I inherited mythological beasts and zodiac signs... meant nothing to the
majority of the staff, nobody had a clue what anything did, not good in an
emergency.

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Jason Cormie




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