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?

  • OrangeCorvus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    10 months ago

    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.

  • DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml
    13·
    10 months ago
    • poweredge-t620-0
    • poweredge-t620-1
    • poweredge-r520-0
    • macbook-2011
    • pi-0 through pi-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.

  • b9chomps@beehaw.org
    11·
    10 months ago

    I don’t name my computers, but usually name my OS drive Brain and the media drive Pinky.

  • nik282000@lemmy.ml
    9·
    10 months ago

    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 🏴‍☠️

  • paradox2011@lemmy.ml
    8·
    10 months ago

    Desktop - thebox
    Server - thecloud
    Phone - thewand
    Tablet - theportal
    Home assistant - theoracle

    Not too creative, but it works.

  • gerdesj@lemmy.mlEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • D. Moonfire@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      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.

  • PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml
    8·
    10 months ago

    All ~60,000 servers are given 32-bit UUID’s, plus a 3 word CNAME from 3 unique and distinct lists of nouns. i.e. a server would have an A record of 1b30fafd-0a28-4999-b51f-bfa2b8af68e5 and a CNAME of tiger-ball-hill. A few servers that I often SSH into will be given friendly cnames like “bastion1” or “ansible” or something like that.

  • MattMckenzy@lemmy.ml
    7·
    10 months ago

    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.

  • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
    7·
    10 months ago

    Nobody has said it… so I have to say it

    Cattle not pets!

    All my machines are named ‘localhost’, welcome to 127.0.0.1 farms