scotyboy56 Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) So I have myself a nice shiny new server to start setting up and transfering stuff across from the old server. But because the old server will still be live etc I need to come up with a new name, and it's harder than you think. So I was wondering if any of you lovely people have given your servers some awesome epic names or just gone for names based on the schools name? Plus if you can come up with some epic names then go for it Edit: Don't need a naming scheme as there aren't loads of server, only the old one and new one so there will be 2 names that I need to remember what they do and are Edited May 15, 2015 by scotyboy56
Steve21 Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Generally logical boring names e.g. (First 3 your school abbreviations) XYZ-DC1 XYZ-FILE1 XYZ-HELP etc Steve 3
Geoff Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Yes, beyond a very small setup (say a home lab) you need a functional systematic naming scheme. 1
localzuk Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 I used to use Futurama names, but my technician got upset as he could never remember which server did what (Hermes was the license managing server - how simple is that?!). So now, our servers are named functionally - NODE1, NODE2, KMS, DC1, DC2, PRINT etc... 4
scotyboy56 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Posted May 15, 2015 Generally logical boring names e.g. (First 3 your school abbreviations) XYZ-DC1 XYZ-FILE1 XYZ-HELP etc Steve That's what they have already as I took it over from an outsourced company they had the name dc$schoolname$pc. But I have never really liked that name.
Gdog Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 One school I look after all the servers were named after kids TV characters Its safe to say after the network upgrade they weren't. Just use somthing like an abreviation of the school name ***-DC-01 ***-FS-01 ***-PS-01 etc ***-MIS-01
IWDave Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 All our virtual server names are named as NAPVS01 NAPVS02 NAPVS03 ect Our Host servers are given proper names as they are not referenced by users Axiom (named after the ship in WallE) Horizon (named after the ship in the film Event Horizon) Origin (named after the religion in StarGate) Olympic (named after the Olympics hosted in the UK at the time of purchase) Stormbreaker (named after .......can you guess?) I'm sure there is another thread on this topic ;-)
X-13 Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 So I was wondering if any of you lovely people have given your servers some awesome epic names or just gone for names based on the schools name? All of ours start with a 4 character site code, the rest is what they do and what number they are [mostly all "001", it's in case we ever get duplicates]. HST-001 HST-002 SRV-001 SRV-002 APP-001 APP-002 FIL-001 BCK-001 ESG-001 EWC-001 RDH-001 Cool names only work if you remember what they do, or if you have something that tells you what they do.
scotyboy56 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Posted May 15, 2015 Yes, beyond a very small setup (say a home lab) you need a functional systematic naming scheme. It is only a small primary school with one server running everything so a naming scheme isn't really needed.
Boredguy Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 When we migrated our servers, we moved from the RM method of XXX-SR-XX to XXX-DC-XX, and then used XXX-MS-XX for our member servers. You could add or subtract some characters from the current system
X-13 Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 It is only a small primary school with one server running everything so a naming scheme isn't really needed. Oh... name it after me then.
fairm010 Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) We use School name abbreviation DMS-DC-01 DMS-DC-02 DMS-DC-03 DMS-FILE-01 DMS-FILE-02 DMS-APP-01 DMS-MIS-01 For machines names we use building so for Main Block, Room 9, PC1 we use MB-R9-01 Edit: Although my Virtual test server is called Geoff. For lulz Edited May 15, 2015 by fairm010
DCUK6 Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) Yep - Definatly boring names are going to help. When i got here they were all name after greek gods. I just remembered the IP's instead. When i wiped the old domain and started a new one i was always being asked what the new names were going to be as they were hoping for something cool. I replied, not sure yet but youl never get to see them as im setting things up properly. Or call it SchoolName1 if you have just the one server Edited May 15, 2015 by DCUK6
scotyboy56 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Posted May 15, 2015 Oh... name it after me then. TheMightyX-13 sounds like a good name 1
Smurf2601 Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Just don't name them Server1 + Such silly names, unless you know the site you won't know which server is what...
Miscbrah Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 I need to come up with a new name, and it's harder than you think. No. Not it's not. Call it onh9a7645hfo78645098qw7o465hpt98ah46987we5php5y6. See? Easy. That's one more than onh9a7645hfo78645098qw7o465hpt98ah46987we5php5y5 which is what you should rename the old server to so you remember. 2
DalekSec Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Marvel and DC superheroes here... Deadpool must be a really hard server to keep together! atleast it can't die Ours is after star consolations 1
scotyboy56 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Posted May 15, 2015 No. Not it's not. Call it onh9a7645hfo78645098qw7o465hpt98ah46987we5php5y6. See? Easy. That's one more than onh9a7645hfo78645098qw7o465hpt98ah46987we5php5y5 which is what you should rename the old server to so you remember. Think it would be easier to remember the IP addresses in the case...
LincolnE Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) University of Warwick Computing Society called the servers after various IT people. Arora, Backus (for backups), Codd, Dijkstra and Estridge. Here it's just Schools initials - server function, such as AAA-DC1, AAA-Remote, AAA-MIS and the likes. Edited May 15, 2015 by LincolnE
skell Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Deadpool must be a really hard server to keep together! atleast it can't die Ours is after star consolations Haven't got that far yet! It's fun to match server to names though.
rom1984 Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 I worked for Tameside Council and some of their servers were named after budget supermarkets! All software installers were stored on Lidl, technical staff shares on Aldi, helpdesk on Kwik-save etc.
Irazmus Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Have the best of both systems. Give the servers interesting names, then add the service/role names as CNAMEs. That way you can name them after the characters of 50 shades, but refer to them by DC01, DC02, SIMS, etc. Using CNAMEs also gives scope to split services to separate servers later with minimal config changes, just change the CNAME.
scotyboy56 Posted May 15, 2015 Author Posted May 15, 2015 I worked for Tameside Council and some of their servers were named after budget supermarkets! All software installers were stored on Lidl, technical staff shares on Aldi, helpdesk on Kwik-save etc. That's epic!
AJWhite1970 Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 (edited) Used to be geological names for all our servers here (Baslat, Quartz, Feldspar, Obsidian, Granite, Nebula, Sandstone, Opal, Gabbro and for reasons unknown Vitrophyre!!) as the previous NW Manager clearly thought it would impress the HT (who teaches Geology...) Slowly been phasing that naming scheme out as servers get replaced, much more boring names these days like XYZ-MAIL, XYX-DC1 etc Edited May 15, 2015 by AJWhite1970
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