funny server names

This person is a verified professional. The majority of my servers are named after matrix characters. Names are bit of fun but they become confusing to manage I used to name all my Linux boxes for various specie of penguin, but the name Terrascaleoptrix calls to mind some seriously big iron, or maybe just the descendent of velociraptor. I have to admit that it wasn't "best practice" at all, but I really thought it gave some cute character to the servers . Running out of names. This is our list for funniest discord names. There’s the Windows terminal server “damnthing”, the Squid proxy “calamari”, the software build server “bob”, and a network monitoring drone management server “bagpipes”.Our system admin was a Monty Python nut and called one server Biggus… and the other …DickusAs kind of a boy’s club of a software development shop we chose to use the fraternity brother’s names from Animal House: DDay, Boon, Bluto, Otter, Pinto, Flounder, Hoover, Stork, etc.If you have used this form and would like a copy of the information held about you on this website, Then we setup a VMware environment and named all of the hosts after sushi. Switches are CC-Model-Position in Rack (CC as above for manufacturer) e.g. Not sure if CookieMonster will be the syslog collector or if it should be the exchange server…. I will work with my editor to get that fixed! This isn't a Best Practice post, although that wouldn't be a bad one. They're hops and barley are the main undergrad servers in our CS department View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gifOur helpdesk sever: panic View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gifand the workstations are named after Montreal RestaurantsMy G4 as a whole is The Beast when on a network, and my hard disks are Durandal, Tycho, and Leela View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gifWe had incredibly boring names for the servers at school...I don't remember what they were now (which is probably a measure of how boring they were View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif)There's a server in the mit.edu domain called "Vo". Not sure how practical it was, but I ate a lot of sushi while working there! Everything except servers and networking gear are in the form AAA-B-CC-DDD where AAA - 3char code for location, B - Single char code for device type (D=desktop, L=Laptop, P=Printer, etc), CC - 2 char code for manufacturer (HP=HP, FU=Fujitsu, TO=Toshiba), DDD - Asset number (from 1 to 999)

Any IT professional of course knows that good naming conventions for workstations and servers in an SB or Enterprise environment cab be a very good thing - good practices minimize confusion, labels devices sensibly and logically, creates an understandable framework for future expansion, etc. Ars Praefectus This name generator will give you 10 random names for realms, like magical forests, vile nether worlds, and heavenly cloud cities. Nothing like logging on to Moloko before a bit of the old ultraviolence, eh?This naming convention was a bit more ephemeral than many, but for the company that used it, this worked.

zeus, hercules, etc.Here at school (cabrillo college) there is moose, squirrel, millie, mouse, sam, sherman, aryeh, merlin, and then a bunch of other lame ones. Every time I train people on how to log into our CRM software and they have to select the giantchicken server I have to explain it and I don't watch Family Guy. It’s Capt. View image: /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gifAnd they're better known by thier Internet names (respectively):SnowSTORM and Crotch-Shot.

Servers are named on function, e.g. I had just gotten my NT4 discs and licenses, so I had him setup the BDC. I’ve seen it, and you just have to roll with it. I've had more fun with unfortunate email address combinations :) Wasn't me!! Ars Scholae Palatinae We had Xavier, Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Iceman, Beast, Phoenix, Rogue, Magneto, Mystique, and more. This person is a verified professional. Take the necessary steps to fix all issues. The names have been divided into 2 types. I have Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Quasar, Luna, and Saturn. Ars Centurion Of course, since apostrophes are not a legal character in DNS or NetBIOS, I would have to get creative with spellings, but I think it would totally be worth it. Following this method, I named my IT cameta system Uranus. One, two, three…three messages of severity 7. This person is a verified professional. But as my network grew I ran out of short and easy names.I then moved onto body parts. Except for Ginger, who is named after Ginger Spice. And did if you used Київ, did you ever have problems with programs that couldn’t deal with a non-ASCII name?We have adopted Sesame Street characters at my organization.