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A nice naming scheme (for server names) I read about somewhere suggested following the periodic table. Element names can be used as the server names and corresponding element numbers as corresponding IP addresses (subnet suffix) of the servers.


There are other advantages to this naming scheme. Element abbreviations can be used as short DNS names. For example, both lithium and li could resolve to 192.168.1.3.

Also, groups of elements can correspond to types of computers. Halogens can be embedded devices, noble gasses can be gaming machines, alkali metals can be file servers, etc.


I'd use radioactive elements for Windows servers.

Also, hydrogen - firewall/GW, oxygen - mail server, carbon - public web server, iron - source repository.


That's as good an excuse as any to post the Periodic Table on the wall.




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