Myths, gods, and titanic disasters: How servers really get their names
Last month we looked into the practice of naming servers, half expecting to discover it was a quirky, geeky thing to do -- and nothing more. To our surprise, readers flooded the story with comments, chiming in about their own naming schemes. Want a server to last forever? Name it Belgarath. Feel like tempting fate? Name it Hindenberg or Titanic. Looking for a suitable name for a mail server? Try Pegasus, Newman, or Norman Mailer.
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naming
Not sure why, but I always name my personal computer "Hal" and then the year I bought the thing. So my current laptop is "Hal 2007".When I was a system admin, I named my servers after pop culture computers: WOPR ("WarGames"), MCP (from "Tron"), HOLLY (from "Red Dwarf"), DELOS (from "WestWorld") and TK421. The last one wasn't a computer. Just a stormtrooper from Star Wars. But I always liked the rhythm of the name.
Unix world
I work in a Microsoft shop and our servers are named practically (dataserver1, reportserver1, etc). I've only seen 'fancy' names in Unix/Linux land. How many times did I shout "Who is Frodo?". Different worlds I guess.Sometimes printers have names too
In the 1990s I was assigned to a building which had three black and white laser printers. They had obviously been named by a Star Wars fan, A-Wing, X-Wing, and Y-Wing.Later, when I installed our first color printer, I remembered that for the first week or so I didn't even realize that the printer names were from Star Wars. Feeling a bit tired of all the Star Wars hype, I followed my own interpretation of the theme and named the color printer Buffalo Wing.
The naming scheme I wanted
The naming scheme I wanted to go with, but was subsequently overruled on, used the names of U.S. Navy vessels. Since there are many vessels, each with different functions, I figured this was a perfect way to delineate function and provide enough names to fill most networks. The redundancy of function in the fleet would ensure that I wouldn't have to concoct some unusual hybrid or nonsensical name. This scheme also conveniently fits all of the recommendations outlined by the article.Naming servers
Nothing too dramatic hers but when I worked for a NEC way back when, I was in charge of a bank of servers in their East Coast datacenter. We rolled out a series of new servers as part of product pitch and when the Tokyo reps arrived they were pleased no end to find the new up-and-running servers Godzilla, Mothra, Rodan and Gamera.replica bags
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