On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 12:25:44PM -0500, Austad, Jay wrote:
> For example, m-icecast24 would tell me that it's icecast server number
> 24 in the minneapolis data center.
CNAME's are good for this. Personally, I'd start looking up Inuit words
for snow[1,2]. Yes, some names are hoaxes[3], but it's a nice name
list. Either way, using multiple CNAME or even multiple A records are
not out of the question.
Which one is going to be more memorable for you? SSH'ing in to
m-icecast24 or qanuk. Whatever the answer is, the bottom line is that
it doesn't matter. Give each server a unique name along the theme's
route, then CNAME services to them. For example:
# Pardon any errors in this example format
qanuk IN A 192.168.1.24
IN TXT "Yup'ik for snowflake"
IN TXT "Dual AMD Debian GNU/Linux 3.0"
m-icecast24 IN CNAME qanuk
Now, you can ssh into either, but you can still have a little fun doing
it.
References
==========
1. http://www.princeton.edu/~browning/snow.html
2. http://www.urbanlegends.com/language/eskimo_words_for_snow_derby.html
3. http://www.mendosa.com/snow.html
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Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/
assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */
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