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Server Names For a New Generation
itwbennett writes "Server naming is well-trod ground on Slashdot. But as new generations enter the workforce, they're relearning the fundamentals of what makes a good scheme. Can servers named after characters from The Simpsons or The Howard Stern show stand the test of time? If you name your servers after the Seven Dwarfs, can you have any doubt that Grumpy will cause you trouble? Striking a balance between fun and functional is harder than it seems."
... can I get sued for copyright infringement ?
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
from the tempting-fate dept.
Make it so.
Calling someone a "hater" only means you can not rationally rebut their argument.
I know the Pokémon names are going to get old fast.
Star Wars, Star Trek, even Battlestar Galactica are great sources for names. JigglyPuff is NOT a server name!
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I name my computers, VMs, and bots after female characters (Inara, Padme, Daenerys, Trinity, etc). It originated from a long forgotten time when I can't get laid.
... I name all my systems "bob".
I also named my dog "Stay". Sure he gets a little confused sometimes -- "Come here, Stay" -- but like the server names, it keeps things interesting.
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
My main server is called TARDIS, because it's bigger on the inside...
Or you could name them after Linux distro's those are almost infinite to.
I named my server Robert'); DROP Table students;--
"The Naming of Servers is a serious matter,
... those being DNS entry, IP, and the one which "the server itself knows, and never will confess."
It isn't just one of your holiday games.
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you a server has three different names..."
"The Greens lynched a hacker in Chicago. Last month, but I think the body's still hanging from the old Water Tower."
At last count there are over 640K bugs! That ought to be enough for any organisation.
Take off every 'sig' !!
Some names will stand the test of time. A box with two monitors should of course be named Zaphod.
I Don't Work Here
You will strain something if you have a twister mat laid out in mission control, so you can point out how to move data across your platform.
I was promised a flying car. Where is my flying car?
Our IT network uses this convention, annoys the hell out of the network engineers as we now have servers like cerise, cerulean etc...black and white was fine ;)
Bottom line - if you can't say your server name 3 times fast, then you are hindering the humans that have to talk about that server on a daily basis.
So I guess "Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm-Flailing Tubeman" is out?
Chaos maximizes locally around me.
I'd rather take this a step further and name them after viruses.
Smallpox.
HIV.
Ebola.
Polio.
"Lack of speed can be overcome. In the worst case by patience." --Znork
lax-001
lax-002
lax-003
That name is PERMANENT unless it gets shipped to a new location
I take it then you prepend "ex-" to the name indicating they used to be lax...