KB Chief Cat Herder
So the boss says I'm not allowed to name new machines after porn stars (I'd love to work on JennaHaze or HannaHilton ..... ) which means I need a new scheme for naming machines.
The obvious ones suck too much, ie characters from tv shows/movies etc. There's only so many Roman gods you can use before people can't spell their names. Some freaks object to having anything named MarilynManson in the office so musicians are out.
Suggestions please.
Zen wisdom: No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously. - obviously had KB in mind when he came up with that gem
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity
The Ragin Cajun
we use big game fish names for servers, but we are a port.
desktop computers get boring names
Hardcore Biker
Famous geeks... ie. Newton, Hawkings, Gates...
"Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death" - Hunter S. Thompson
could catch a monkey
Bike names:
Hornet
Katana
Fireblade
Ninja
Srad
and so on.
Originally Posted by rachprice
Ultimate keyboard Warrior
Professional wrestlers.
Then when its being a bastard you can threaten The Ultimate warrior with a bodyslam from hell.
For whom the bell tolls
fighters/bombers? That way you'll get a serial "F-14" and a name "tomcat"... Unless you plan on having over a few hundred servers then you should be pretty sweet for some time yet.
KiwiBitcher
where opinion holds more weight than fact.
It's better to not pass and know that you could have than to pass and find out that you can't. Wait for the straight.
Pasta farts
Planets/stars/constellations.
Unfortunately we have 250 servers here so we have to have a sensible naming convention so we can figure out what the hell a machine is doing.
Average trowel is average!
The Gibson.
McNoob
for our VM hosting I use leather manufacturers -- kind of
Quasi
Moto
Dai
Nese
Alpine
Stars
Spidi
Hotchick
For my cluster shared hosting - star trek thingees
Enterprise
reliant
defiant
nova
arkos
galaxy
for my house - animal noises
moo
oink
meow
grunt
eep
quack
squeak
(don't use animal noises .. I'm running out)
Simpsons Characters are safe because there are heaps
Little ol'Hornet Rides again!
Can always use radio call signs ...
Tango Golf Indigo Foxtrot to come!
Or Greek designations ...
Alpha, Beta etc.
"I like to ride anyplace, anywhere, any time, any way!"
Rider in training
For a small number of servers we often use colours.
For a large number we prefix the name with a site id, then server function, then server number. e,g. akl-exch-01.
deploy the yak!
Chuck Norris
just call all of them Chuck Norris
I don't need to explain why
F M S
Homo Sapiens Vulgaris
Would JennaHilton and HannaHaze be acceptable - as far as I know there aren't any pornstars with those names... yet.
You could always go for anagrams.
It is preferential to refrain from the utilisation of grandiose verbiage in the circumstance that your intellectualisation can be expressed using comparatively simplistic lexicological entities. (...such as the word fuck.)
Remember your humanity, and forget the rest. - Joseph Rotblat
Hardcore Biker
I use Fish (Tropicals) names at home, but at work we used Famous Explorers (like Hillary, Tenzing & Tasman) for the server network and BMX/MTB Riders for the internal office network LOL
sdkfz
I've always liked:
File01, File02, ...
Web01, ...
Database01, ...
And such.
I get very tired of having to remember if "Tui" or "Phoenix" is the web server or what.
Measure once, cut twice. Practice makes perfect.
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