The naming convention I use might not scale to well, but it is perfect for the network I manage.
On this network there are three things that rarely change over time, the owner/user of the computer, the operating system, and the purpose of the computer. The names I use are therefore of the form XYZ-NAME, where X, Y and Z are single characters that shows who owns/uses the computer, what operating system it runs, and what the purpose of the computer is (in that order). NAME is the actual name of the computer, this is usually an animal name that I find appropriate.
So Bob's server running Linux would be called BLS-CHEETAH (BobLinuxServer-CHEETAH), and John's workstation running Windows would be called JWW-DONKEY (JohnWindowsWorkstation-DONKEY).
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The naming convention I use might not scale to well, but it is perfect for the network I manage.
On this network there are three things that rarely change over time, the owner/user of the computer, the operating system, and the purpose of the computer. The names I use are therefore of the form XYZ-NAME, where X, Y and Z are single characters that shows who owns/uses the computer, what operating system it runs, and what the purpose of the computer is (in that order). NAME is the actual name of the computer, this is usually an animal name that I find appropriate.
So Bob's server running Linux would be called BLS-CHEETAH (BobLinuxServer-CHEETAH), and John's workstation running Windows would be called JWW-DONKEY (JohnWindowsWorkstation-DONKEY).