What are good server naming conventions?

[Viper GTS]

We're adding servers to our network here in the apartment, so we need a naming convention.

Ones we can't use (already used by our employers):

- Bond villains
- Transformers villains

Any suggestions?

Viper GTS

 

[spyordie007]

I was thinking maybe a line of sports cars, such as various Porsche models, but the problem with that is I would run out quickly..

-Spy

 

[Mucman]

Periodic Table...

192.168.1.1 = h.domain.com
192.168.1.2 = he.domain.com
192.168.1.3 = li.domain.com
...

Or like me... names of characters from Ultima VII (avatar,batlin,iolo,dupre,shamino,spark,blackgate <-- the nat box)

 

[spyordie007]

good idea, but it's been done. I know someone who has his network setup that way and dont want to copy him....

-Spy

 

[PsychoAndy]

You could name them after foodstuffs.

My main rig: Potato Salad
My soon to be alternate: Four Whole Fried Chickens and a Coke.

-PAB

 

[spyordie007]

Originally posted by: PsychoAndy
You could name them after foodstuffs.

My main rig: Potato Salad
My soon to be alternate: Four Whole Fried Chickens and a Coke.

-PAB

That would definatly be a new one by me
What about pizza toppings (cheese, anchovies, olives, etc.)

-Spy

 

[Viper GTS]

I suggested the Dahm triplets, but he wanted more than three possible name...

Kinda overkill to have <3 servers on a network that has never seen more than four workstations at a time.

Viper GTS

 

[Mucman]

Originally posted by: spyordie007
good idea, but it's been done. I know someone who has his network setup that way and dont want to copy him....

-Spy

Nothing wrong with copying when it's a good idea or even better

192.168.1.1 = one.domain.com
192.168.1.2 = two.domain.com
...

err, I guess that doesn't work higher up

192.168.1.200 = twohundred.domain.com

 

[spyordie007]

Originally posted by: PsychoAndy
You could name them after foodstuffs.

My main rig: Potato Salad
My soon to be alternate: Four Whole Fried Chickens and a Coke.

-PAB

Wait a min. that's too long to have a host name set to "Four_Whole_Fried_Chickens_and_a_Coke" that's 36 charactors. I want names that I can set the host names to.
name.domain.com

-spy

 

[spyordie007]

Originally posted by: Viper GTS
I suggested the Dahm triplets, but he wanted more than three possible name...

Kinda overkill to have <3 servers on a network that has never seen more than four workstations at a time.

Viper GTS

We're also hosting a Website and some other services (exchange). Plus I need to be able to add test servers and have plenty of names for them.

-Spy

 

[Mucman]

ooh ooh ooh! How about roman numerals!

192.168.1.1 = I.domain.com
192.168.1.5 = V.domain.com
192.168.1.34 = XXXIV.domain.com

huh? Come on! Someone must like it!

 

[spyordie007]

gardbage pail kids?

 

[djheater]

We use Simpsons characters which I'm sure is pretty popular

Milhouse
Wiggum
Quimby
Moe

 

[spyordie007]

perscription drugs (viagra, perkiset, vallium, prozac, etc.)

 

[spyordie007]

I just asked my brother on AIM, he had a good idea.

X-Men bad-guys

-Spy

 

[Jzero]

Use handles from AnandTech!
jzero.domain.com
spyordie007.domain.com
mucman.domain.com
jerboy.domain.com
dennilfloss.domain.com


SWEEET

 

[notfred]

greek gods. posiedon, athena, zeus, etc....

Of course, everyone does that.

 

[poopaskoopa]

A certain company I used to work for used the first 3 letter for the region(say, if you lived in Atlanta, you'd say ATL), the 4th letter to specify server or workstation(S/W). Then I the rest is up to whatever. I used the names of robots I like.

 

[spyordie007]

puppet master charactors (torch, blade, tunneler, pinhead, six-shooter, etc.)

 

[trmiv]

I do software installs at a lot of big company's datacenters, so I've seen a ton of different naming conventions. The majority I've seen use number/letter system like, "mkt2033flsv1". Some like to name by location and role of the server. I've also seen Disney characters, names of trees, greek gods, and sunday paper comic characters.

 

[spyordie007]

You guys know what is really funny here.

I made the decision to start over a month or so ago (big decision, tons of work and tons of change), had no problem assigning hardware and services/network roles to the various boxes (sat down and wrote them out, didnt take more than an hour). And yet the thing that stumps me is host names...

-Spy

 

[Motorheader]

Flintstones, POKEMON, Star Trek

 

[spyordie007]

okay, just had a good one. Casino names (luxor, excalibur, mgmgrand, stratosphere, nyny, mirage, etc.)

-Spy

 

[spyordie007]

Cigar Types (Presidente, Corona, Panatela, etc.)

 

[Descartes]

It seems asinine to name your servers after their IP address. The whole point of a machine's name is to act as a mnemonic for the IP address for local name resolution (or non-local if these are used for your DNS records as well).