On 04/08/2010 01:10 PM, Benjamin Scott wrote: > As Mark Komarinski already mentioned, it's always a very good idea > to have generic service names for roles, and alias those names to the > machines filling the role.
And, I've noticed that with the rise of virtualization the role names are once again becoming sensible host names for single-purpose VM's. Hardware can be more interestingly named. I name mine after real-world heroes: borlaug, librescu, stevens, kanzius, randi. For me, it's easier to remember that 'smtp' is on 'borlaug' than 'vm3'. I use DNS to look up my own less-used servers' IP's. But I'm not strongly left-brained, so ymmv. -Bill -- Bill McGonigle, Owner BFC Computing, LLC http://bfccomputing.com/ Telephone: +1.603.448.4440 Email, IM, VOIP: b...@bfccomputing.com VCard: http://bfccomputing.com/vcard/bill.vcf Social networks: bill_mcgonigle/bill.mcgonigle _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
