Aug 7th 2010, 15:16:09
So I have a new server, and I need to start implementing a naming system that's better than my current one ("DAVE_GAMING", "DAVE_LAPTOP", "DAVE_MAC")
At work, we use star names for all of servers... so you would have like Polaris, Antares, etc and you don't run out for a while (there are lots of servers there) but for printers, they use Flintstones names... like Fred, Barney, Wilma, Dino, The Grand Poobah, and I generally like that style better!
So I was thinking about what types of names I could give my servers!
I had a few ideas that i'd like to bounce off folks and I'm open to new ideas. The names have to somewhat make sense and be different enough that I can tell servers apart. There should also be enough of them that I can upgrade more or less indefinitely.
My ideas were:
Dragon Ball Z -> There are SO many characters here, and if I have something like Goten and Trunks computers which I then take apart and make into one really good computer, I can call it Gotenks! My girlfriend's computer could be ChiChi.
Simpsons Characters -> there's just a lot of characters here, many with funny names. "Hey Dave, where are your publicly available files on the network?" "Look for Apu Nahassapenapetalan on the network!"
Like I said, I'm needing to start naming them better because I'm starting to have too many computers to keep track of them all effectively, and when I get my full home network setup at my new place (hopefully with LinuxMCE installed :) ) I will need to keep much better track of the computers, as each one will be tied to a TV/Media station of some kind.
Any suggestions/comments are welcome!
At work, we use star names for all of servers... so you would have like Polaris, Antares, etc and you don't run out for a while (there are lots of servers there) but for printers, they use Flintstones names... like Fred, Barney, Wilma, Dino, The Grand Poobah, and I generally like that style better!
So I was thinking about what types of names I could give my servers!
I had a few ideas that i'd like to bounce off folks and I'm open to new ideas. The names have to somewhat make sense and be different enough that I can tell servers apart. There should also be enough of them that I can upgrade more or less indefinitely.
My ideas were:
Dragon Ball Z -> There are SO many characters here, and if I have something like Goten and Trunks computers which I then take apart and make into one really good computer, I can call it Gotenks! My girlfriend's computer could be ChiChi.
Simpsons Characters -> there's just a lot of characters here, many with funny names. "Hey Dave, where are your publicly available files on the network?" "Look for Apu Nahassapenapetalan on the network!"
Like I said, I'm needing to start naming them better because I'm starting to have too many computers to keep track of them all effectively, and when I get my full home network setup at my new place (hopefully with LinuxMCE installed :) ) I will need to keep much better track of the computers, as each one will be tied to a TV/Media station of some kind.
Any suggestions/comments are welcome!
-=Dave=-
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