Anyone know what this means in [Alpha,Beta Gamma] is this a server/ip cluster setup?

Been hearing about this configuration or setup, what does Alpha,beta,gamma mean with regard to server/ip clustering or scanning a domain?
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Asif Dasl Member Posts: 2,116 ■■■■■■■■□□
Dunno, it's not the names of the NICs for clustering is it? You sure it's not a superior BS you? -
eansdad Member Posts: 775 ■■■■□□□□□□
I know Alpha Beta Gamma is a national junior college honor society for business and technology. I would go with the naming of the clusters NICs like Asif Dasl said. -
RobertKaucher Member Posts: 4,299 ■■■■■■■■■■
This is a relatively uncommon way of designating hosts in any sort of 3-tier architecture. At least that is the way it is used where I work.
For SQL Server you might have your primary database system which has fail over to one or more beta (secondary) systems.
For an additional level of security there is a gamma system in another data center that the database is replicated to. In this instance it is not participating in the cluster. -
Asif Dasl Member Posts: 2,116 ■■■■■■■■□□
Robert is that just the naming of the tiers or the actual term to describe the whole setup? -
RobertKaucher Member Posts: 4,299 ■■■■■■■■■■
Robert is that just the naming of the tiers or the actual term to describe the whole setup?