Server Names

[Sirbendy]

Data1
Data2
Data3
AD1
AD2
MX1
DTOX (AV)
DHCP

etc etc. Boring, but simple and clear.

[f4rn4th]

In my old place we used to name them after a few old cars and stuff.

We had :
Escort
Cortina
Jag

And a random one wich i loved
THOR

It was like the main file server that every stored there data on and was like a massive giant spec of a server so i decided to name it Thor =]

[sidewinder]

Really not a fan of anything apart from functional names unless its something really witty. Sci-Fi names are such a geek stereotype!

[timzim]

Maybe it is me but I really dislike naming after things. Use to name things xxx-???-&&&.

Xxx would be site code I.e lhs

??? Would be type code so srv for servers, swt for switches, STM for stations etc etc

&&& would be number starting from 1

I have to agree. But just to be consistent I've also re-named my family TIM-WIF-001, TIM-KID-001 & TIM-KID-002. It'll be so much easier to identify them in a hurry now.

[bondbill2k2]

It was like the main file server that every stored there data on and was like a massive giant spec of a server so i decided to name it Thor =]

Love it!

[alan-d]

A virtual pint of EduDaniels and Hobnobs to anyone that can work out what each of these do

Referee
Crabtree
Haystacks
Nakasaki
Physio
Engrave
Sentry
Clerk1
Clerk2
Linesman
Squirrel
Hogan

[SYNACK]

A virtual pint of EduDaniels and Hobnobs to anyone that can work out what each of these do

Referee - Central directory server
Crabtree - mac mini for managing apples
Haystacks - antivirus
Nakasaki - bomb site, maybe an MIS system
Physio - Door access control server
Engrave - print server
Sentry - firewall
Clerk1 -fileserver
Clerk2 -fileserver
Linesman UPS and network monitering
Squirrel - webmail
Hogan - manages private tunnel system under buildings (possibly VPN)

Somthing like this?

[X-13]

A virtual pint of EduDaniels and Hobnobs to anyone that can work out what each of these do

Referee - Central directory server
Crabtree - mac mini for managing apples
Haystacks - antivirus
Nakasaki - bomb site, maybe an MIS system
Physio - Door access control server
Engrave - print server
Sentry - firewall
Clerk1 -fileserver
Clerk2 -fileserver
Linesman UPS and network monitering
Squirrel - webmail
Hogan - manages private tunnel system under buildings (possibly VPN)

Somthing like this?

I would have thought Physio would be the antivirus.

[alan-d]

Referee - Central directory server - Close enough - DC
Crabtree - mac mini for managing apples - Nope
Haystacks - antivirus - Nope
Nakasaki - bomb site, maybe an MIS system - Nope
Physio - Door access control server - Nope
Engrave - print server - Have a hobnob
Sentry - firewall - Close yet so far - Nope
Clerk1 -fileserver - Have a hobnob
Clerk2 -fileserver - - Have a hobnob
Linesman UPS and network monitering - Nope
Squirrel - webmail - Nope
Hogan - manages private tunnel system under buildings (possibly VPN) - Nope

One I missed was;

Postman

[X-13]

Postman

That has to be the e-mail server.


Also:

Physio = Antivirus?

[alan-d]

That has to be the e-mail server.
Also:

Physio = Antivirus? -Nope

A hobnob for you for the Mail Server

[SYNACK]

*smirk* - I'm suprised you did not call those file servers Dante and Randal Clerks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[alan-d]

LOL - we dedicated them to our hard working Admin Staff

[TronXP]

When I arrived in my present post I had to deal with the previous incumbent's Server Naming Strategy - Basically the Names of Star Wars Characters.

Exchange Server - C3PO
File Server - Luke Skywalker
Domain Controller - Death Star
Web Filer - Chewbacca

This has obviously been longed changed to a more suitable Server Naming system that isn't embarrasing should a contractor be doing work on a system.

All of ours are named after star wars characters, and most contratcors find it funny and is in no way emabrrising. In fact its made our life a million times easier, the used to be called XXX-01 etc and staff/students could never remember the names of servers. Its much easier for them to remember an error message about Yoda rather than XXX-01

[hermand]

Never been a fan of random naming conventions - I don't buy the security through obscurity argument, so to that end, everything I set up is [SITEID]*-DC01, [SITEID]-MIS01 or [SITEID]-Cab1-Switch1 or whatever. It takes a bit more forethought, and sometimes dual role servers need some thinking about but I much prefer it overall.

*IMO, this can be anything or just leave it out altogether. I'm a fan of three letter acronyms here, so Margate Primary may be MAR, for example