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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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      @anonymous said:

      @scottalanmiller said:

      How often do you need to really know that at a glance?

      You don't need to know at a glance, but why not? If you going to take up characters to define it as linux, why not give the distro instead?

      Well if you are going to script things super quickly, it's nice to say...

      for i in $(grep lnx servers); do ssh $i uptime; done

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
        last edited by

        @anonymous said:

        @scottalanmiller said:

        How often do you need to really know that at a glance?

        You don't need to know at a glance, but why not? If you going to take up characters to define it as linux, why not give the distro instead?

        Well if you are going down that path, though, wouldn't version numbers be useful? Whats the benefit of knowing CentOS but not 5 vs 6? Knowing the OS is somewhat useful, but I'm not sure it is useful enough. What change in behaviour are you anticipating from identifying CentOS, Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora, Arch, etc.?

        We DO code VyOS differently, even though it is Linux under the hood.

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          Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
          last edited by Alex Sage

          @scottalanmiller said:

          What change in behaviour are you anticipating from identifying CentOS, Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora, Arch, etc.?

          Different commands, - yum, vs apt-get, etc.

          https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromLinux/RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAndFedora

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
            last edited by

            @anonymous said:

            @scottalanmiller said:

            What change in behaviour are you anticipating from identifying CentOS, Ubuntu, Suse, Fedora, Arch, etc.?

            Different commands, - yum, vs apt-get, etc.

            https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwitchingToUbuntu/FromLinux/RedHatEnterpriseLinuxAndFedora

            But you need version numbers for that too. The distro name alone is not enough. Fedora 22 drops YUM, for example. Different versions have different service commands and packages.

            When would you use only the distro name?

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            • ?
              A Former User @IRJ
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              @IRJ said:

              Server1
              Server2
              Server3
              Server4
              Server5
              Server6
              Server7
              ......
              ......
              ......
              Server88
              Server89
              Server90
              ......
              ......
              Server152
              Server153
              Server154
              .......
              .......
              and so on

              Um I hope not How do you know what they do?

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                A Former User @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller said:

                We use a code like this....

                [datacenter]-[os]-[application or function][number]

                So a Toronto based Linux server for MySQL might be...

                to-lnx-maria1

                Pretty much what we use. Except Ours is

                [Business Unit]-[Datacenter]-[OS]-[Function]-[Number if multiples in the same location]

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                • creaytC
                  creayt @Alex Sage
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                  @anonymous said:

                  What do you name your servers?

                  We have a very small pool of servers ( less than 15 ) and use fun names based on their overall prowess or any unique characteristics.

                  Goliath
                  Ares
                  Achilles
                  Cheetara
                  Sanctuary

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                  • JaredBuschJ
                    JaredBusch
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                    I once named the devices of an entire network after the characters in the 5th element.

                    Currently, everything is named
                    [client][primary role][server number]
                    bundydc01
                    bundysd01
                    etc.

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                    • gjacobseG
                      gjacobse @JaredBusch
                      last edited by

                      @JaredBusch said:

                      I once named the devices of an entire network after the characters in the 5th element.

                      Currently, everything is named
                      [client][primary role][server number]
                      bundydc01
                      bundysd01
                      etc.

                      Did you have a security server called Multi-Pass?

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch @gjacobse
                        last edited by

                        @g.jacobse said:

                        Did you have a security server called Multi-Pass?

                        It was the ID card printing computer actually.

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                        • nadnerBN
                          nadnerB
                          last edited by

                          Work stuff is kind of boring
                          Location-<abbreviation of function><number = orderofbuild>
                          Home stuff is always planets from the Star Wars Universe.

                          • Main Home PC is Courescant (bright center of the universe 😛 )
                          • NAS is Hoth (it's white)
                          • eeepc is Corellia
                          • Xubuntu laptop is Byss
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