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Server Names For a New Generation

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-is-it-called? dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Bugs? by emurphy42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    from the tempting-fate dept.

  2. Server Names: The Next Generation by mjwx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Make it so.

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  3. Now that I'm mid 30's I realize I'm not young. by pecosdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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    1. Re:Now that I'm mid 30's I realize I'm not young. by Tastecicles · · Score: 4, Funny

      Jigglypuff is that Prescott-based box with the stack of Maxtor drives in it... it vibrates, then explodes.

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  4. I name them after girls by simoncpu+was+here · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

    1. Re:I name them after girls by Sneeka2 · · Score: 5, Funny

      It originated from a long forgotten time when I can't get laid.

      Too bad your freudian slip of mixing past and present tense gave you away.

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    2. Re:I name them after girls by Sneeka2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I name mine after girls that I actually laid. And I'm running a data center for Google.

      Ba-dum-bum.

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    3. Re:I name them after girls by jtownatpunk.net · · Score: 4, Funny

      I name mine after girls that I actually laid. And I'm running a data center for Google.

      So....

      Christy_from_Canada_1, Christy_from_Canada_2, Christy_from_Canada_3, ...Christy_from_Canada_99999

    4. Re:I name them after girls by Sneeka2 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, that's actually a bit of a problem. Canadians really need to get a little more creative in naming their daughters.

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    5. Re:I name them after girls by clyde_cadiddlehopper · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, that's actually a bit of a problem. Canadians really need to get a little more creative in naming their daughters.

      How about their racks? ChristyAA, ChristyC, ChristyDD...

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    6. Re:I name them after girls by halcyon1234 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Christy_from_Canada_1, Christy_from_Canada_2, Christy_from_Canada_3, ...Christy_from_Canada_99999

      He's got 99999 problems but a server name ain't one.

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  5. Re:Bugs? by slackware+3.6 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or you could name them after Linux distro's those are almost infinite to.

  6. With apologies to T.S. Eliot by Dave+Emami · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The Naming of Servers is a serious matter,
    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..."

    ... those being DNS entry, IP, and the one which "the server itself knows, and never will confess."

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    1. Re:With apologies to T.S. Eliot by laejoh · · Score: 5, Funny

      Can't believe noone mentioned this: picking a good server name is important.

  7. HHGTG by Space · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some names will stand the test of time. A box with two monitors should of course be named Zaphod.

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  8. Re:Bugs? by Talderas · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd rather take this a step further and name them after viruses.

    Smallpox.
    HIV.
    Ebola.
    Polio.

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  9. Re:Dual naming by khr · · Score: 5, Funny

    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...