Using Uranus is only a problem in the US were no one know how to pronounce it properly.
It's pronounced: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?uranus02.wav=Uranus Not: http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?uranus01.wav=Uranus On Jan 31, 2008 11:53 AM, Andy Shook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I once worked at an SMB that hade nine servers and they named them after > the planets. I had to change them real quick when a veep had to tell me > that he was having trouble connecting to Uranus. I bet TVK would have > had no trouble "rectifying" that particular situation, since he's a big > froo-froo. > > Andy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Cayze [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 11:49 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Server naming > > We used Winny the Poo names at my last job (at a University), I though > that sucked until I came to work here, where the server names where > based on what order they bought the servers: > > Rollouts1 > Rollouts2 > Rollouts3 > Rollouts4 > ... > > I changed that pretty quick. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 10:44 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Server naming > > At my last job, we used golf related terms. Eagle, Putter, Driver, > Wedge, Bunker, etc... at the job before that, we used superheroes. > Superman, Spiderman, etc. > > Currently, we're using role based names, which I actually don't like, as > it makes it that much easier for a hacker to know where to go for the > info he's looking for... > > Joe Heaton > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 8:21 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Server naming > > On Jan 31, 2008 10:22 AM, David Lum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Attacking server naming conventions again, how do you guys name your > > servers? > > Depends on the nature of the organization. For larger organizations, > or if you have lots of servers, a name based on the site, function and a > number tend to be the only way to go, especially with the flat naming > system Windows still uses internally. > > For smaller shops with the right attitude (like my current employer), > I tend to go with more interesting names, with a theme. > Small shops almost always have all their servers being multi-purpose. > Naming everything "SRV1", "SRV2", and so on tends to be confusing. > For example, at my current main gig, we've got TIGER, PUMA, LION, > COUGAR, and NTSERVER. (Can you guess which one has the legacy app that > just don't die? ;-) ) At my last main gig, we used Simpsons characters. > This doesn't scale up to large orgs, though, and if the place has a > stuffy attitude it's not appropriate, either. For the latter, I usually > just use "ORGSVR1" or whatever. > > RFC-1178 has some advice on this, although it's oriented more towards > DNS, where the tree structure makes naming conflicts less of an issue. > > > Currently we use location and function in the name, but what about a > > server that does more than one thing? > > Use a more generic name, like "SRV" or "UTIL" or whatever. Indeed, if > it's at all likely a server will be tasked with multiple things, I > always try to go with the more generic name. A server named one thing > that's really doing more is misleading. Worse is when the original task > then gets moved off, and now you have a server named "DC1" that isn't a > DC anymore, or something like that. > > -- Ben > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
