New Server Name

[Fayd]

We just purchased a new engineering server for engineering department. It is for our use only, so we get to name it. We really have no naming scheme per se within our department(20 engineers/3 PMs/3 sales), so I am looking to ATOT to help come up with a name. Currently we have an old server named EngServ, but no one likes that name.

The server is a Dell R710 12 GB RAM and dual Intel Procs.

the computers in my house are named after stars. Deneb, Spica, Bellatrix, etc

used to be named after characters from dune. FeydRautha, Muaddib, Chani, Irulan, etc.

the VMs i use to test things are named after traps from anime. Maria, Kizuna, Bridget, Hideyoshi, Yuki, etc.

 

[child of wonder]

Thisisntafactualserver

notintendedtobeafactualserver

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

Whatever you do don't string together 2 or 3 accronyms that are relevant at the moment but won't be later and call it a day. Gets to be a pain in the ass when you're trying to deal with 4 or 5 of them 10 years later >.<

I run into short-sighted server naming conventions all the time.

Do yourself or the next admin down the line a favor and name it what it actually does. Hey look, "FileServer" I bet I know which one that is and what it does. Or "SQLServer", I bet that's the SQL server.

Walking into a place trying to hunt down which of the Norse gods on the network is the backup server isn't just a hell of a lot of fun.

 

[CZroe]

"Pr0n." Truth in advertising, right?

Poseidon.

Neptune.

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

the computers in my house are named after stars. Deneb, Spica, Bellatrix, etc

used to be named after characters from dune. FeydRautha, Muaddib, Chani, Irulan, etc.

the VMs i use to test things are named after traps from anime. Maria, Kizuna, Bridget, Hideyoshi, Yuki, etc.

I name mine after celestial objects as well. Pegasus, Andromeda, etc (although mine is still Virus )

notintendedtobeafactualserver

I shortened it so it's slightly easier to type

 

[TechBoyJK]

DatAss

That way, when you need to back the server up you can say "hey lets back datass up!"

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

I run into short-sighted server naming conventions all the time.

Do yourself or the next admin down the line a favor and name it what it actually does. Hey look, "FileServer" I bet I know which one that is and what it does. Or "SQLServer", I bet that's the SQL server.

Walking into a place trying to hunt down which of the Norse gods on the network is the backup server isn't just a hell of a lot of fun.

Can't really rename them : ( Well, we could, but the process of getting them onto the network is a huge pain and to rename them we'd have to do the whole thing over again.

 

[spidey07]

DatAss

That way, when you need to back the server up you can say "hey lets back datass up!"

I chortled.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Some companies (in fact, most) have standardized names which contain a country code, site code, a function code, etc. Other companies have fun with it. The first company I worked for named servers after trees. So, you had Hickory, Oak, etc. Another company I worked for had a standardized name format for the Wintel servers but had fun with the Unix boxes, which were name after metals (we were a metal coating company). We had Nickel, Cobalt, Silver, Tungsten, etc.

So just pick a fun standard and go with it. Maybe cartoon characters, names of stars/planets, Star Trek characters, etc.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I run into short-sighted server naming conventions all the time.

Do yourself or the next admin down the line a favor and name it what it actually does. Hey look, "FileServer" I bet I know which one that is and what it does. Or "SQLServer", I bet that's the SQL server.

Walking into a place trying to hunt down which of the Norse gods on the network is the backup server isn't just a hell of a lot of fun.

That is also true, but it sounds like they are very small. My last company was large and had sites all over the world, so we used the following convention:

Country Code (3 letters) + Site Code (3 letters) + Function Code (2 to 4 letters IIRC) + number of the server

So in Indy, we'd have USAINDDC1 and USAINDDC2 for domain controllers, for example while in our Novara, Italy facility they would be ITANOVDC1 and ITANOVDC2.

 

[spidey07]

That is also true, but it sounds like they are very small. My last company was large and had sites all over the world, so we used the following convention:

Country Code (3 letters) + Site Code (3 letters) + Function Code (2 to 4 letters IIRC) + number of the server

So in Indy, we'd have USAINDDC1 and USAINDDC2 for domain controllers, for example while in our Novara, Italy facility they would be ITANOVDC1 and ITANOVDC2.

LOL! You named them after female tennis players from *igstan.

 

[rivan]

Last place I was at had all kitchen appliances: Fridge was first, then the first (real) backup was Freezer. It grew from there - Toaster was the web server, RIPs were all cooking appliances - Oven, Stove, and Griddle. There were a number of others.

 

[Wyndru]

Some companies (in fact, most) have standardized names which contain a country code, site code, a function code, etc. Other companies have fun with it.

Yeah ours are all standardized. We have to name them our budget code, then function name, then server #, i.e. 022FILE12, 022STAGE06

The only one we named outside of this was our image server, which we named dutchie.

 

[her209]

Yeah ours are all standardized. We have to name them our budget code, then function name, then server #, i.e. 022FILE12, 022STAGE06

The only one we named outside of this was our image server, which we named dutchie.

As in "Pass the dutchie to the left han' side"?

 

[sdifox]

only 1 server?

Deep Thought

 

[randay]

"fucking" then you can always refer to it as the fucking server

 

[MovingTarget]

How about ZEN? Easy to type, easy to remember, and who couldn't use more of it in their work environment?

 

[rudeguy]

'Mike'

if there's a problem the bigshots are complaining about, blame Mike.

I like this a lot

 

[Freejack2]

Boobies

 

[tfinch2]

My R710 dev box is named raptor1

 

[chusteczka]

In addition to some excellent ideas above:

Mountain ranges
national parks
countries
European cities
fish

pick a category, any category.

 

[KaOTiK]

Titan

 

[gophins72]

you should name it "bigjohnson"

so if it ever is in doubt someone will always ask whether the bigjohnson is up or down

 

[Goosemaster]

proc.

 

[MotF Bane]

What's the model name of a router or switch in the building?