Explain storage naming conventions

what to include in a datastore name that I received.

• Array munufacturer/model/model number
• Disk Type (SAS, FC, NLSAS, SATA, SCSI)
• Lun Identifier/Volume Number
• Destination Type (Backups, VMs)
• Storage Tiers (Gold, Silver Bronze/Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier3)
• Transport type (iSCSI, NFS, FC, FCoE)
• Location/Datacenter
• Raid Levels
• vSphere Cluster the datastore belongs to
• Of course, Description

Yeah, that’s a crap-load of information to put in a name – and maybe it makes sense to you to use it all but in my case it’s just too much.  That said, it’s all great information, the toughest part is just picking the pieces you need and arranging them in an order that you like.  Having something named DC1-TOR-HP-EVA-6400-FIBRE-FC-R6-VM-GOLD-CLUSTER1-L15 is a little much.

And in the end

So what did I chose?  Well, to tell you the truth I haven’t chose anything yet.  I thought by writing this post I might spark some creative thinking and it would pop into my head – but no – I’m more confused than ever.  Honestly, I’m leaning towards something like array-disktype-lunid, like EVA-FIBRE-L6 or VNX-NLSAS-L4, but I just don’t know.  This stuff is certainly not a deal breaker, but I’m just trying to make my life a bit easier.  If you think you have the end all be all of naming conventions feel free to leave a comment!  I’m always open for suggestions!