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Pangaea

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Aug 7th 2010, 15:16:09

So I have a new server, and I need to start implementing a naming system that's better than my current one ("DAVE_GAMING", "DAVE_LAPTOP", "DAVE_MAC")

At work, we use star names for all of servers... so you would have like Polaris, Antares, etc and you don't run out for a while (there are lots of servers there) but for printers, they use Flintstones names... like Fred, Barney, Wilma, Dino, The Grand Poobah, and I generally like that style better!

So I was thinking about what types of names I could give my servers!
I had a few ideas that i'd like to bounce off folks and I'm open to new ideas. The names have to somewhat make sense and be different enough that I can tell servers apart. There should also be enough of them that I can upgrade more or less indefinitely.
My ideas were:
Dragon Ball Z -> There are SO many characters here, and if I have something like Goten and Trunks computers which I then take apart and make into one really good computer, I can call it Gotenks! My girlfriend's computer could be ChiChi.

Simpsons Characters -> there's just a lot of characters here, many with funny names. "Hey Dave, where are your publicly available files on the network?" "Look for Apu Nahassapenapetalan on the network!"

Like I said, I'm needing to start naming them better because I'm starting to have too many computers to keep track of them all effectively, and when I get my full home network setup at my new place (hopefully with LinuxMCE installed :) ) I will need to keep much better track of the computers, as each one will be tied to a TV/Media station of some kind.

Any suggestions/comments are welcome!
-=Dave=-
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Aug 7th 2010, 16:11:46

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Aug 7th 2010, 17:54:19

trabant
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ELKronos: Patty is more hairy.

Gallery: K at least I am to my expectations now.

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Aug 7th 2010, 19:30:27

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Pangaea

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Aug 7th 2010, 20:06:28

can you guys phrase your answers in the form of a question?
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Marshal Game profile

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Aug 7th 2010, 20:46:29

no.
Patience: Yep, I'm with ELK and Marshal.

ELKronos: Patty is more hairy.

Gallery: K at least I am to my expectations now.

LadyGrizz boobies is fine

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Aug 7th 2010, 21:37:14

batman villians!
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Forgotten1

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Aug 7th 2010, 22:57:49

Names of your ex girlfirends...

Oh wait, she can read this.

How many servers are you planning to have in total for now?

Canadian Provinces? You know, Gaming Related would be British Columbia, because of our best known product. Alberta would be where you store your cow porn. Quebec would be where you store your viruses!

Maybe past Prime Ministers?

If it was up to me, I'd be using different strand names of BC BUD, and Bars I like to go to.....



How about Hockey Teams? Screw the city title, just have the Team Names, 30 is quite a lot, and then you could start using the AHL ones...



The 7 Dwarves? LOL

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Aug 7th 2010, 23:10:51

Characters of the Beverly Hillbillys is quite large...
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