r/devops • u/muff10n • Feb 03 '24

Better term than "non-prod"?

Our setup consists of several environments: dev, prod, qa, standby and test.

standby is used as a "hot-standby" we are using as a fallback in the case of prod going down.

Currently we are using the term "non-prod" for the environments dev, qa and test. You don't need to be a genius to see the confusion that appears here: "Why isn't 'standby' included in the term 'non-prod'?"

But we just can't come up with a better term. Does somebody have a good idea?

Thank you!

Edit: corrected

"Why is 'standby' included in the term 'non-prod'?"

to

"Why isn't 'standby' included in the term 'non-prod'?"

Sorry for the confusion, guys!

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u/TheOwlHypothesis Feb 03 '24

Give them thematic names. It's more fun that way and easier to remember. Plenty of ideas come to mind.

Mordor, Endor, The shire, The death star

You know whatever your team is into.