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It depends on scale. If you have 3 servers that you manage individually, you name them like pets. If you have 3,000 servers that you manage through automation,
by tremon 4y ago
It depends on scale. If you have 3 servers that you manage individually, you name them like pets. If you have 3,000 servers that you manage through automation, you enumerate them like cattle.
- deltarholamda 4y agoSure, I get that. Not many do that, but they still name their handful of servers "EDG-12-XY-NY-001-WTF". When it would be so much better if it were named "Doug".
- ourmandave 4y agoYou'd be taking support calls, "WTF NY?"