WHS Good server names? :)

[sphinx99]

As the title says.... what are your server names for WHS environments? Just looking for some creative ideas!

[Asposium]

my intranet workgroup is called magicroundabout ( a UK TV show from when i was a child)

my server is called mr rusty
the computers/laptops have character names from the TV show

:cool::D

[crazjayz]

my intranet workgroup is called magicroundabout ( a UK TV show from when i was a child)

my server is called mr rusty
the computers/laptops have character names from the TV show

:cool::D

I do something along the same lines. My workgroup is called Avatar (a cartoon show) and all my comps are the character's pet names according to their size. So, if you know anything about the show, my server is called Appa, my everyday laptop is called Momo, and my 12" tablet is called Hawkie.

[drgnfang]

Previous WHS was Silo, current is Vault.

[cre3d]

Kahuna

[thelead]

Awesome-O

[cbutters]

My main File Server is simply called "HUB" as in media hub, file hub, or whatever.

[leezard]

I used to name everything after the matrix, server was zion, my pc was neo wifes was trinity etc, now i just dont bother getting creative, server is server my pc is mikes pc etc.

[GJSNeptune]

ESA (Empty Savings Account)

MOCC (Maxed-Out Credit Card)

[AreEss]

Primary Storage: dawnstrider
Secondary Storage: runetotem
Primary Gateway: ragetotem
Others: alloy, anneal, cycle, temper

PCs use a completely different scheme. Nonsense words that are easy for me to remember. Gold star to the person who figures out the themes on the server side.

[ganesh21]

NY-INITIAL-WHS01

[theDreamer]

I use band CD titles, like Transistor (311).

[leezard]

Gold star to the person who figures out the themes on the server side.

warcraft

[faugusztin]

Zaphod is the server (HTPC), Android is the PC and the laptop is called Arthur :).

[jay2472000]

HAHAH, Im not the only one, all my PC's have the name Jay*****. IE, Jaysnetbook, Jaysmain.

My server is just Server :( But once I feel confident Ill keep WHS and use it Im gonna have to rename it JaysmassivestashoffilthypornboxofdoomthatIhopewifeneverfinds :D

[geiger]

My servers are all spider(role) off of my VH name. So mine is SPIDERWHS :)

Haha, cudos to those that know what VH is :), strong geek needed, hint michalappotis :)

[fluke420]

I use the Greek alphabet for my names. Current WHS is called upsilon.

http://www.greekalphabet.com/

[extide]

Dave

[Dan_D]

I used to give all of mine Borg drone designations. 3rd of 5 and so on.

[swatbat]

I guess I'm just lazy. My home server names follow my work server names.

DC-01, FS-01, MX-01, etc. Home server needs to be reloaded as I've downgraded to a single sbs server for home and it was called SBS2k3 or something. When I get around to loading 2k8 it will just end up being DC-01 or SBS1 or something.

[nitrobass24]

Mines called Phoenix 1.0........2.0 is in the planning stage right now.

[Syntax Error]

I'm pretty uncreative when it comes to things like this, so my server is just called "SERVER", desktop is "DESKTOP" and laptop is "LAPTOP".

Whodathunkit? :D

[XS Janus]

Shitbox

[Oline61]

fserve0
fserve1
etc...

[Adakos]

used to do it based on the case it was it when everything was a mess
so i'd have stacker830 , p180b, tinybox, etc

now i've named my server whserver, my main box 'main' and the other ones proper designations 'mediacenter' and 'laptop'

[sam-sgc]

my domain is Skynet !

[tdg]

I used to name them after planets or moons, then after so many machines and retiring names when the machine was retired, I just decided to name them after what they do. Now my servers names' are Server1 and Server2, HTPC's are HTPC1 and HTPC2, KitchenPC, etc.

[alan.p]

SMLib or ScarletLibrary sucked, so I decided on ScarletMonastery. That didn't fit, so it's now Redmonastery.

Couldn't think offhand of any other libraries. Yes, I do remember NOW about the Discs of Norgannon, Dalaran etc.

[iroc409]

My WHS server is "servy", my general-use laptop/workstation is "poptart" and my gaming desktop rig is "bitchslap". Not sure what my girlfriend calls her laptop, but I think it is just "GIRLFRIENDNAME-PC". I think my router is named "subway", or it should be. I don't really know where the names came from, but they have been the same forever.

My old laptop I keep around for travel and such was named by a friend when I got it, and he named it "lollerskates".

[CaptNumbNutz]

Server names I have used...

Teletraan-1 - you gotta be a child of the 80's to know where this originates from.;)

Mnemosyne (Greek Goddess of memory) - Used for a File Server.

Biblios (Biblio is the greek prefix meaning a collection of books) - Used for a file server.

Cerberus/Kerberos (Three headed dog guarding hell) - I used this name for a server I built as a router and firewall.

[drgnfang]

Well since we are expanding to non-server names...
Daily machine = wormwood
Media machine = echo
Netbook = fermion
mITX Lamp server = titanium
GF machine = treehouse
GF iphone = Dragon's Blood (her pick, not mine)

[longblock454]

localhost.localdomain, for all my boxes!

[valve1138]

WHS3, because it's the 3rd WHS I've built.

[Pocatello]

42

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[odoe]

my whs is called chaka

[criccio]

SERVER

[ManateeMatt]

I am not exciting in my computer names...

I use to name them after famous computers but then i started loosing track of what was what.

so I now am really exiting

sm-DC1 - domain
sm-FS1 - primary file server
sm-FS2 - Backup file server for important stuff, like documents
sm-VM1 - VM server
ETC.

I do keep one good name... Echelon can anyone guess what that is in my network.

[Dew]

Fileserver: Terabyte (Its actually almost 11TB now, but whatever, its still the original motherboard/psu from 2005).
Desktop: Woody (Never turned on anymore)
Laptop: WoodysLap

[fibroptikl]

I'm boring:

Server 1: Server
Server 2: Server2
Laptop: laptop
Desktop: first name

[thebeephaha]

Mine is Galactica, but it's taken so push off. :p

Honestly, just come up with something you like and use it, its not that important.

[AreEss]

warcraft

Tauren, specifically. But nobody's gotten the other theme yet. :)
I'm getting ready to rename the second set, though. Probably mythical creatures again, haven't used that rotation since 1996 or so.

[Treyshadow]

My game name is Chocolatemilk so the rebirth of my environment are all things that come from milk. I am in Houston and am no way a farmer.

Main PC - Chocolatemilk
2nd PC - 2Percentmilk
3rd PC - Wholemilk
Lan PC - Skimmilk
HTPC - IceCream
Laptop - Cheese
WHS - theFridge

[knothead34]

thats funny treyshadow lol.

[ROCKETR]

I typically give my hard drives and PCs spaceship names...I'm a Star Wars nerd at heart so I name them like the Ebon Hawk, Slave 1, etc (No Millennium Falcon yet though :p). And I really like the name of your ship in Mass Effect for some reason so I recently called my latest 1TB drive the Normandy.

[LightningCrash]

It's no WHS box, but the main server for my house is "DatNAS"

One of these days I'll print out the "DAT ASS" smiley thing and put on it.

[timme]

whs

[Xaero_toast]

I used to give all of mine Borg drone designations. 3rd of 5 and so on.

I like borg designations. I have twin boys, and wanted to name them 1 of 2 and 2 of 2. Wife said no, even after I explained to her that would make her the borg queen, and the borg queen is one hot sexy bitch!! Oh well.

I don't have a whs server, but if I did, I'd name it serverizer. It would fit well with printerizer (print server) and routerizer (not explaining another in this pattern)

[WesM63]

Most of my stuff is based off greek gods.

Wireless: Hermes (Messenger of the gods)
Gaming PC: Zeus
File Sever 1: Hestia (Goddess of the hearth and home, the focal point of every household.)
File Server 2: Kronos
Worstation: Atlas
HTPC: Prometheus
Netbook: Wes-Mini (gotta find one for this guy)

[Randolf]

mediaserver. does exactly what the name implies.
the htpc are named as follows
mediacenter-livingroom
mediacenter-bedroom

and my laptop:
lappy386

[unknowng]

Anyone recognize my naming scheme?

WHS - Fallot
Main Computer - Truncus
Itunes server - Transposition
Laptop - Atresia
Wife's Comp - Coarctation
Wife's Laptop - PDA

Greg

[[LYL]Homer]

SERVER

This. It's a server, not your pet.

[GJSNeptune]

Homer;1034317778']This. It's a server, not your pet.
Some people have imaginations. ;)

[faugusztin]

Homer;1034317778']This. It's a server, not your pet.

Hm... You don't take care of your server when needed ? Upgrades etc etc... In this way, it's pet after all :D

[Xaero_toast]

i think of mine as a carpet-friendly pet

[jdogg707]

I named mine ATLAS.

[[LYL]Homer]

Hm... You don't take care of your server when needed ? Upgrades etc etc... In this way, it's pet after all :D

I cleaned out my fridge this weekend and restocked it with beer, but I didn't give it a name. ;)

[irishBoiler]

ATLANTIS...the hidden mystery :)...Hopefully it won't sink into the ocean in one day :)

[crazjayz]

Homer;1034321170']I cleaned out my fridge this weekend and restocked it with beer, but I didn't give it a name. ;)

My fridge's name is Larry. Larry and I are best buds. Why? Larry is one of those friends everyone wants to have. He helps get me wasted, feeds me when I'm craving, and best of all, he's soooo cool.

:D

[Archer75]

I call my server, server.

Not original but it works.

[XS Janus]

PornBox

[sabregen]

Primary Server: Galactica
Secondary Server: Pegasus
Machine names (character names, no call signs): Adama, Roslin, Tigh, etc
VM Names (call signs only): Starbuck, Apollo, Helo, etc
Device names (Cylon Callsigns): Boomer, Athena, Caprica, etc

[jdogg707]

PornBox

At least your honest.

[Xaero_toast]

Primary Server: Galactica
Secondary Server: Pegasus
Machine names (character names, no call signs): Adama, Roslin, Tigh, etc
VM Names (call signs only): Starbuck, Apollo, Helo, etc
Device names (Cylon Callsigns): Boomer, Athena, Caprica, etc

nice naming system.

To be more accurate, should not the galactica be on an airgap network, and the cylon callsigns be assigned to viruses? w32.boomer.sohot?

[webdes03]

Mine isn't really consistent:
Server: Cosmos
VM's: Scount, Wurlitzer, Commander
Workstations: Coolpix, Cerebellum, Apollo
Laptops: Mercury (win XP partition), Mercury7 (win 7 RC partition), i700
Media PCs: Galaxy, Pundit

Think I'm missing a couple, but you get the idea.

[XS Janus]

Galactica naming system actually makes a lot of sense to me. Nicely conceived! Easy to remember, you just have to learn the background logic behind it. :)

[tgabe213]

Axela. The japanese name of my Mazda 3

[thelead]

R2D2

[BuBBa]

I called mine Deathstar because it's exploded twice...

[DeathFromBelow]

All my computers are named after aircraft. The server is called Galaxy.

[leezard]

I forgot, my netbok is the only one thats not named something like mikes PC or server, its named mini-me

[DarthV]

I typically give my hard drives and PCs spaceship names...I'm a Star Wars nerd at heart so I name them like the Ebon Hawk, Slave 1, etc (No Millennium Falcon yet though :p). And I really like the name of your ship in Mass Effect for some reason so I recently called my latest 1TB drive the Normandy.

My servers at work are all Star Destroyer names :)

[vischo]

SERVER

[kraw]

I use character names from the Animaniacs

[Yakyb]

boring but simple

\\File
\\Email
\\WWW
\\AD1
\\Game
\\Developer
\\Media
\\Laptop
\\HTPC
oh and
\\Backup

[Ockie]

I used to call my systems names of craters found on large stars. After my one system got big enough to reach the capacity of all systems, it just became known as galaxy.

[Xaero_toast]

PORNINATOR

[Ockie]

All my computers are named after aircraft. The server is called Galaxy.

WTF. Get your own unique name. :(

[DeathFromBelow]

WTF. Get your own unique name. :(

You posted after me, poser. :D

Don't feel bad, my dinky server would be eaten alive by yours.

[Vague]

Desktop: Robot
Laptop: Water
WHS: Fist

Fist computer was Darwin because I kept upgrading parts so it constantly evolved

I used to use naming schemes like the deadly sins, planets or fruits but I have so many computers coming in and out of my posession that I just don't care as much anymore.

[Ockie]

You posted after me, poser. :D

Don't feel bad, my dinky server would be eaten alive by yours.

Man, another person also has the same name!! I've had this server name since umm 1999 I think... it's like an Elvis.... often imitated, never duplicated :D


haha

[Twinkie]

Server: Blackstone (after the magician)
Personal boxes are usually named: MyInitialsHere-Purpose, such as Initials-Torrent, Initials-Laptop, etc.


Public accessibly machines are named after whatever inspires me at the moment I am naming it. My old P3 that I have resurrected several times is Lazarus; my living room desktop PC is Archimedes.

[satterth]

I used to name everything after the matrix, server was zion, my pc was neo wifes was trinity etc, now i just dont bother getting creative, server is server my pc is mikes pc etc.

My company aquired another company sometime last year. Thier old sys admin named all the company equipment after Matrix stuff. Photocopiers, printers and all. It was a PITA i tell you. Oracle was not the database server as one would almost expect, but instead it was the key card controller for the building doors. Stupid crap like that happened all over. Then they ran out of names, not sure how cause there are ALOT, and started using sesame street characters after that.

Eventually i got tired of correcting spelling mistakes in peoples code (no one could ever spell nebuchadnezzar or snuffleupagus correctly) and slowly decommissioned everything i could and migrated stuff to something more sane.