----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Van Dolson" <[email protected]>
> Apologies if this is a bit off topic for this list. I'm looking for > thoughts on device naming schemes -- experiences both good and bad. > > The "cute" names only scale to a certain point, and when you have a > detached NOC it can be pretty helpful to have some information on > device location, function, etc built into the hostname. Alas, that's true. :-) > (Notably absent is rack # which I've seen in other examples). The real question is: how many things do you bake into the machine name *knowing that it might move, and thus, change*? How many things will depend on that name? If your management software is the only thing that cares about the name, bake as many layers into it as you like. > Would love to see some examples of schemes that have worked well and > metadata you've found worth or not worth attempting to capture in a > device name. Well, I can recommend the RFC, but it's not really on point. :-) > PS: Is there an active equivalent of NANOG or this list for > server/sysadmin related discussion? I should think it's on-topic here; it's not like we're burning up the bitstreams or anything... Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274 _______________________________________________ dc-ops mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/dc-ops
