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Gaz
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10th May 14 at 06:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I find that naming equipment after 'things' is an old school bad practice.

Our local water company did it, some of there systems were named after the Simpsons.

I've always been told your server names should dictate what the server is/does.
Ctx-xx-ups01 = citrix - [part of the business, e.g sch for school] - universal printer server 1
Russ
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laptops and pc's are just issued as PC####

servers are named after towns and citys
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10th May 14 at 09:12   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

My servers are named after their task.

Gaz I just find it a bit of fun, plus I've seen that in the couple of replaces I've done it people become a little more attached to their machine and don't spill red wine over it!
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Our servers are named based on os, type and number

Eg

Svr2012-vdc-01

Would be a server running 2012, operating as a virtual domain controller in hyper v

Svr12r2-fs-01

Would be a server running 2012 r2, operating purely as a file server.

And so on
Gaz
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quote:
Originally posted by pow

Gaz I just find it a bit of fun


I couldn't agree more, it was funny hearing homer had fell out with marge and so on...
Andrew
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Pow is a proper geek I like it

I did a private job this morning but i was boring again
pow
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I remember I learnt how to spell scirocco very quickly
Aaron
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I like to call our laptops all the same name.

It's then a race against colleagues to get to the office first in order for TCP/IP function.
John
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Names being the same wouldnt stop the TCP/IP suite from working as long as they has discrete IP's.

It would stop internal DNS from working but you'd get by.
Aaron
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They wouldn't have discrete IP's.

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