10.1 When to Become a Parent
Far
be it from us to tell
you
when you should become a parent, but we will be so bold as to offer
you some guidelines. You may find some compelling reason to implement
subdomains that isn't on our list, but here are some
of the most common reasons:A need to delegate or distribute management of the domain to a number
of organizationsThe large size of your domaindividing it would make it easier
to manage and offload the name servers for the domainA need to distinguish hosts' organizational
affiliations by including them in particular subdomains
Once you've decided to have children, the next
question to ask yourself is, naturally, how many children to have.