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Re: Question about DNS naming conventions


From: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 12:24:03 +0200




On 2/12/25 10:32, Thomas Mieslinger via NANOG wrote:


"Just" using IATA 3 letter airport codes is not good enough in my
opinion because you usally have multiple datacenters/CoLos/PoPs around a
bigger airport like MCI or FRA

This.

We use the IATA 3-letter city codes, but then also create a 3-letter abbreviation for the data centre hosting the kit (adding a 1, 2, 3, e.t.c., alongside that since some data centres have multiple facilities in the same city) or building.

Mark.


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