What's In A Server Name?

[Netman]

Here we go then...
Let's be having your top server names... and to start us off, here's my current set.
Zorro - File server. Can't remember why but no, it's not a blade server!
Binka - AD PDC named after the fat cat in the cartoon...
Carmen - Print server 'cause network printing is a tragedy!
Pandora - Email, You open the box and all the evils of the world fly out...
Cerberus - Firewall, the three headed dog guarding the entrance to the afterlife!
Shrek - Management server, because it's a mess!
BadaBing - DC/Backups From my favourite TV show Sopranos - where all the wiseguys go to hang out!
A couple more just have boring names - now I've shown you mine so you show me yours... :mrgreen:

[E1uSiV3]

PDC = PDC/DNS/DHCP/WINS/Profiles
SQL = SQL/CMIS
Exchange = Exchange
Applications = File server for MSIs/network software/print server

Yes yes i know, boring mofo that i am... lol

[steve]

00admin - file server / dns / wins / dhcp
01admin - exchange
02admin - sql
03admin - wsus / sophos updates
00student - files erver / dns / dhcp / wins
01student - media server
03student - file server
04student - backup server
11print - print server
00cisco - radius server

very boring, but i'm too lazy to look down a list of names to find them

[RobC]

Network 1:

Myelgas1 - Local DC/File Server/Sophos server/Backups
Myelgas2 - Exchange/Proxy

Network 2:

Primergy - PDC/File Server/Print Server/SQL Server (It's the only box on this network)

[russdev]

server1 - old nt box about to be shutdown for final time soon

lhs-sr-001 - main domain server

isa_gateway - isa box

admin_server - admin server

Russ

[GrumbleDook]

Palladium and Cadmium - DCs / profiles / MOM / SMS / RIS
Platinum - File Server, Application Server
Titanium - Print Server and Successmaker
Proxy - Content filtering, mail filtering, firewall log server (and backup content filtering DB)
Magneto - Admin server (SIMS.net, FMS, Payrole, admin staff file server)
Iridium - First Class (email / VLE)
Silver - Installs
Uranium - Web Server, Application Server
Alice - Library Server, Application Server
QCA - KS3 Tests Pilot Server

and soon to get sorted will be another Application Server (technetium?).

The problem we have is that a number of applications that departments have purchased are the networked versions ... and they very rarely work on the same box as something else ... so we setup a test box with the offending article ... then try it with a few other things ... see what works together and hope for the best.

So many apps like their own version of things ... we have stuff on PHP that wants a mysql backend, stuff that want postgresql, and then stuff that wants apache of a particular version, or IIS but hates running on a box with MSDE or M$SQL ...

I try and make sure that we always get a test copy first ... and that we trial things before a new scheme of work is bought / written.

[DMcCoy]

Agamemnon: DC, File server, Quota Server, DNS, DHCP
Hades: ISA, SquidNT
Cerberus: IIS, Apache, MySQL, PHP
Nemesis: WinINSTALL, Print server, AB Tutor Control, Ghost, RIS, Browse Control.
ilibra: (ancient mail server soon to be replaced - thats why name doesn't fit)
Pegasus: Sims
Bromcom: Bromcom
1855ESX1 to 1855ESX6: VMWare ESX servers (soon to replace all of the above).
Hyperion: VirtualCenter, Backup Exec

Edit: How could I forget SIMS!

[russdev]

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QCA - KS3 Tests Pilot Server

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The problem we have is that a number of applications that departments have purchased are the networked versions ... and they very rarely work on the same box as something else ... so we setup a test box with the offending article ... then try it with a few other things ... see what works together and hope for the best.

So many apps like their own version of things ... we have stuff on PHP that wants a mysql backend, stuff that want postgresql, and then stuff that wants apache of a particular version, or IIS but hates running on a box with MSDE or M$SQL ......

like qca test software does not work with sims, windows, mac, linux other qca software in fact it has be known for it not to work with its self...

but i am guessing as i would never speak publicly about it.... might tell the truth


russ

[eduabncs]

One of our external internet facing servers is call 'skywalker'!

[Ric_]

I like to have exciting names:
* SVR1 - DC/DNS/DHCP/RIS/File Server
* SVR2 - DC/DNS/File Server
* SVR3 - Exchange/Print Server/WSUS/Sophos
* SVR4 - ISA/File Server
* SVRTS1 -> SVRTS6 - Citrix Servers
* AD-2000-02103 - Admin Server (Named by County types - Active Directory, 2000 Server, District and School Number 02103)
* PreAbXS - SQL (Primarily for Nedap PreAbXS database and associated software)
* Voicemail - Guess what this is for! :P
* DEBIAN-02 - My second Debian Linux test server

My switches, SAN devices, tape library, etc. also have equally dull names but at least they're not too difficult to spell

[ChrisH]

Hmm I thought RIS and DHCP didnt play nicely on the same box? Was certainly the case when I tried.
I have an exciting naming scheme
FMDC1 - DC/File server/DNS
FMDC2- DC/RIS/DNS
I did have a moment of creative thought with the new Mail server though...
PostOffice - Exchange/DHCP/Web Server
FMProxy- Censornet - Proxy/Filter and Firewall

[Ric_]

@ChrisH: I'm sure I read that RIS and DHCP work best on the same box. I'm sure that it's entirely possible that MS have written contradictary advice on the subject.

[ChrisH]

I read that is was a problem and when I tried it, it was.... Maybe they fixed something since then. That was over a year ago.

[GrumbleDook]

I know I lumped both DCs together, but it actually breaks down into ...

Palladium - DC/DHCP/DNS/
Cadmium - DC/DNS/RIS/MOM/SMS

Palladium is obviously the god of all machines in the building.

I wanted to call it Tony to reflect this but I don't think Stephen would have agreed.

[Sirbendy]

Ours were named by NGFL..ready for this?

Edit901
Edit902
Edit903
Edit904
wait for it...WAIT for it...
Edit905.

Creative, no?

Our little office server is TAW900CCTV

Personally, my home network file server is called Shitbag, my main rig is bigboy, the inspiron I'm typing on is heapojunk, and the Vaio is Booby (chosen by my missus).

The one at my old school was "Happy_Valley". God knows why..