My main server is named Postulate (an idea that you assume for the sake of argument), my desktop is named Axiom (a proved postulate), and my backup server is named Corollary (an idea that follows from an axiom).
What are your computers named, and why?
i’m not good with names.
my server’s name is… server
Ive named mine quite similarly: officeServer, bedroom1server, atticServer…
Currently running
server3after some mishaps including a torched OS drive 🫠
Calculon - Workstation
Flexo - Gaming laptop
Bender - Intel Nuc/HTPC
Hmm my Synology NAS is called Syn, I need to find a more appropriate name for it.
Mine are also Futurama;
- Hypnotoad - Server
- Morbo - Desktop
- Nibbler - Laptop
Clamps
You might be onto something
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having read all these other comments, i’m now feeling like i should come up with a more creative naming scheme… for what it’s worth, my phone is named
bob.I recommend flavours of popcorn: Caramel, Cheesy, Buttery, etc. And Bob.
Servers and computers get Ankh-Morpork street names.
The robot vacuum cleaner is GLaDOS.
I don’t name my computers, but usually name my OS drive Brain and the media drive Pinky.
I name mine after Futurama characters because there’s a lot of them and I found a cool icon set to use.
My PC is named Shai’tan, and my laptop Astraea. As for why, it’s because I am into fantasy.
Are you crazy, naming the Dark One like that?!
Desktop - thebox
Server - thecloud
Phone - thewand
Tablet - theportal
Home assistant - theoracleNot too creative, but it works.
Game console/system/computer. The DM.
Haha, I like it
Desktop: Cerberus (triple monitors)
Media server: Alexandria
Firewall: HadrianI like dogs.
My network is SIGHTHOUND.
My computers…
- GREYHOUND
- WHIPPET
- IGGY
- SALUKI
- BORZOI
I used fictional locations:
- Server 1: valinor
- Server 2: terminus
- Main pc: isla-nublar
Users are named after movies or tv shows characters when I’m not using my name
@[email protected] @[email protected] some version of cat sounds: meowmeow, purrpurr, naunau, etc.
Nobody has said it… so I have to say it
Cattle not pets!
All my machines are named ‘localhost’, welcome to 127.0.0.1 farms
Some farmers name their cattle
I once named a load of servers for a helicopter company in the UK with elements. The cluster nodes were copper, silicon, etc. The cluster itself was called iron. The volumes were labelled fe_function.
It worked - it was easy to read and the bits that implied “cluster” were grouped appropriately. All the other servers had random elemental names unless they were associated in some way, in which case the group would be used. The engineers (real engineers with oil or distressingly nasty lubricants in their veins) loved it - it made sense, without being too quirky. It was very legible.
When those systems were hoicked out and replaced, the usual nonsense was applied: 2 char country code + 2 char site code etc etc ad nauseam. Followed by my absolute pet hate: 01. Oh so you might need 99 domain controllers? Yes you might, but not on one site.
Let’s face it, it is mostly AD admins who don’t get hostnames. I blame MS - their docs and blogs strive to be … authoritative or at least look so. An entire generation (possibly two) of sysadmins have been sold up the river by MS and their wankery.
I completely agree with the “01” problem, it should be “001”.
Single digit is great but then one service needs more than ten, or you keep rolling them over into new ones (one of our production server is 13 because it’s the thirteen generation). But then I want all the numbers of have consistent patterns, so if one has two digits, they all have to have it.
But I’m not allowed to name servers anymore.
I currently only have a craptop, but I’ve settled on naming them after elements, vaguely based on the power of the machine. My craptop is called hydrogen. I also have a full installation on a USB drive called quark, being less than a full machine/element.
