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A comment on Ask HN: How do you name your servers?.

Re:Ask HN: How do you name your servers? by gcb0 on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @03:18PM (#5597328)
role-colo-index, e.g. wwwsf27.domain.com

i'm boring as hell.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you name your servers? by mchadwick on Tuesday April 23, 2013 @04:42PM (#5597858)
Likewise. Machine names are there to make your life easier. Cute names aren't fun when you have more than a couple. When your brain's as small as mine, you have to minimize your lookups.
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