My main server is named Postulate (an idea that you assume for the sake of argument), my desktop is named Axiom (a proved postulate), and my backup server is named Corollary (an idea that follows from an axiom).
What are your computers named, and why?
i’m not good with names.
my server’s name is… server
Currently running
server3after some mishaps including a torched OS drive 🫠
poweredge-t620-0poweredge-t620-1poweredge-r520-0macbook-2011pi-0throughpi-3
having read all these other comments, i’m now feeling like i should come up with a more creative naming scheme… for what it’s worth, my phone is named
bob.Calculon - Workstation
Flexo - Gaming laptop
Bender - Intel Nuc/HTPC
Hmm my Synology NAS is called Syn, I need to find a more appropriate name for it.
Clamps
Mine are also Futurama;
- Hypnotoad - Server
- Morbo - Desktop
- Nibbler - Laptop
Damnit, I’m boring af. Machines are named by their model for laptops/consumer devices and buy their CPU for home built stuff.
Except for Crimson-Binome.local 🏴☠️
I name mine after Futurama characters because there’s a lot of them and I found a cool icon set to use.
My PC is called “Powderkeg” because it keeps blowing up on me.
My personal use computers are named after characters from the manga Tearmoon Empire Story, MiaLuna (storage server) - Anne (home desktop) - Ludwig (laptop).
My phones were named after JJBA characters (Jonathan Joestar - Joseph Joestar - Speedwagon)
Small form factor computers for automation are typically named after their purpose, without anything creative (PiMirrorDNS, PineKodi, PiPocket)
I once named a load of servers for a helicopter company in the UK with elements. The cluster nodes were copper, silicon, etc. The cluster itself was called iron. The volumes were labelled fe_function.
It worked - it was easy to read and the bits that implied “cluster” were grouped appropriately. All the other servers had random elemental names unless they were associated in some way, in which case the group would be used. The engineers (real engineers with oil or distressingly nasty lubricants in their veins) loved it - it made sense, without being too quirky. It was very legible.
When those systems were hoicked out and replaced, the usual nonsense was applied: 2 char country code + 2 char site code etc etc ad nauseam. Followed by my absolute pet hate: 01. Oh so you might need 99 domain controllers? Yes you might, but not on one site.
Let’s face it, it is mostly AD admins who don’t get hostnames. I blame MS - their docs and blogs strive to be … authoritative or at least look so. An entire generation (possibly two) of sysadmins have been sold up the river by MS and their wankery.
I completely agree with the “01” problem, it should be “001”.
Single digit is great but then one service needs more than ten, or you keep rolling them over into new ones (one of our production server is 13 because it’s the thirteen generation). But then I want all the numbers of have consistent patterns, so if one has two digits, they all have to have it.
But I’m not allowed to name servers anymore.
A five character name in the form of CVCVC that doesn’t show up as a common English word. The main reason is that I want my colmena and host names to be nicely lined up, there is a lot of space in there, and it happens to be the pattern of a race of telepaths in my fantasty world where telepathy is loosely based off of IPv6 addresses and REST and remote RPC calls.
Previously, my computer names were based on Lojban gismu based on their use, so names like fraxu (forgive), briju (office), etc.
On the other hand, my dad’s computer names are: bob, bob2, bob3, bob4, bob5, bob6, bob7, bob8, steve, bob9, bob10, bob11, bob12, bob13, bob14, bob15, and bob16.
My mother’s company were all named off of international currencies (we were doing a stock trading project), so dollar, mark, franc, pound, euro, etc.
My other dad’s computers are named after logical constructs: axiom, theory, etc. He was a scientist.
I like your other dad! I’m also a scientist.
I don’t name my computers, but usually name my OS drive Brain and the media drive Pinky.
You only have 1 media drive? I have 4 8tb media drives all mounted into a single folder via mergerfs.
Also, I think this is referring to hostname. Do you just use whatever the OS default is?
@JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml @selfhost@lemmy.ml some version of cat sounds: meowmeow, purrpurr, naunau, etc.
All my servers are named after colors
Then my vms are ingredients to an omelette
Really uncreative, but: $myInitials-desktop $myInitials-server $myInitials-laptop
With my username being…. $myInitials. Surprising, really. Boring, but consistent. :)
I feel like I can’t be the only immature one here…
My NAS is called AY-NAS.
I’ve got a bunch of Rpis named things like DANK-SBC, WONK-SBC and RAW-SBC.
Desktop: Cerberus (triple monitors)
Media server: Alexandria
Firewall: Hadrian
