dan takes a poll: server names

[Fraser Campbell]

On Thursday 29 April 2004 20:11, Henry Spencer wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Robert Brockway wrote:
> > Also, if the hostname is used for item tracking or for service agreements
> > and support contracts (common in traditional Unix land) it can be
> > problematic to change the hostname and associated paperwork whenever a
> > box changes function (and therefore name).
>
> I find it useful to separate hardware names from DNS names.  When the box
> comes in the door, it gets a hardware name that never changes (in my case,
> usually from Greek mythology).  But that's completely separate from its
> DNS name and also any service nicknames.

I like the hostname mapping to specific hardware.  We had a customer machine 
called tonga, things got moved around (OS reinstalls) and now I am completely 
confused as to which machine is which.

It is important since there were some hardware issues with one of the 
machines.  We replaced RAM but weren't sure whether that had fixed the 
problem, now if we have a problem we'll be scratching our heads wondering 
whether we've already replaced RAM in the machine giving problems or if it's 
just time to scrap the whole caboodle.

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