waspentalive ,
@waspentalive@lemmy.one avatar

Not so much servers as removable media. Three letter creature names: ape, bat, cat, dog, elk, fox, gnu, hen, imp, jay, kit, lee (fish), mus, nan (from Inuit folklore), owl, pug, qua, rat, sas (from Slavic folklore) and so on (I need to find my printed list beyond here)

waspentalive ,
@waspentalive@lemmy.one avatar 
T: "Tay" (a mythical creature from Scottish folklore, often described as a small, elf-like being)
U: "Ufi" (a legendary creature from Native American folklore, said to resemble a small humanoid figure)
V: "Vim" (a mythical creature from Hindu mythology, sometimes depicted as a bird-like being)
W: "Wyy" (inspired by the Wyvern, a legendary creature similar to a dragon but with only two legs)
X: "Xin" (a mythical creature from Chinese mythology, often depicted as a lion-like beast)
Y: "Yen" (a legendary creature from Vietnamese folklore, resembling a large, serpent-like creature)
Z: "Ziz" (a mythical creature from Jewish mythology, described as a giant bird)
Nouveau_Burnswick ,

My home assistant is on an old laptop, so obviously it's names HAL 9000.

waspentalive ,
@waspentalive@lemmy.one avatar

Just never make it lie...

naevaTheRat ,

I don't have many now, just minstrel (it plays music) but previously they've always just be sounds. Rawr, groan, whimper, bark, moan, growl etc.

Except minstrel (it plays music) :p

NeoNachtwaechter ,

OK what is whimper's job?

naevaTheRat ,

whimper was a dovecot and postfix machine. Email isn't very fun

NeoNachtwaechter ,

I see :-)

harsh3466 , (edited )

Oh dang. How fun. I never even considered thematically making my machines! Mine are super mundane.

  • machine - main server
  • osmc - Kodi media box for tv
  • kmac - old iMac running kde neon
  • tunnelpi - raspberry pi 4 wireguard tunnel access point
  • mini- Mac mini my wife uses for day to day use.

Now I’m going to have to find a theme and start renaming machines! I might go with Magic the Gathering as my theme.

Edit: formatting, and added MtG as potential theme

Edit 2: fixed stupid autocorrect error (theatrically to thematically)

Damage ,

My current server is proxmox2, guess why.
It runs servers HassOS, OMV and so on.... My desktop is called desktop and my laptop is called with its brand. 🤷

Berinkton ,

My main server is called Master and my server for testing is called lenno because it's an old Lenovo PC. Ich habe two zfs pools on my main server called Avalon and the newest one is called Pegasus. I named them after the two galaxies from the Star Gate TV Shows.

pr0927 , (edited )

As a huge fan of Star Wars content from before Disney got involved and poisoned it (notable exceptions of Rogue One, Andor, some of the animated shows, etc.), I utilize warship names from the Expanded Universe (now called "Legends") - what I like to call True Star Wars.

My main server is Chimaera. My backup server that also performs as an NVR is Lusankya. My separate mostly-NAS server away from my server rack is Admonitor.

I have sci-fi themed names (not all Star Wars - two other franchises represented here, virtual kudos to those who can identify) for the storage pools too (using TrueNAS SCALE on all three servers):

  • Chimaera (Main Server)
    • Star-Forge (Apps/VM Pool)
    • Holocron (Data Pool)
  • Lusankya (Backup + NVR Server)
    • Shadow-Broker (Apps Pool)
    • Resurrection (Backup Pool)
    • Spynet (NVR Pool)
  • Admonitor (NAS Server)
    • Mount-Tantiss (Apps Pool)
    • Datacron (Data Pool)
NeoNachtwaechter ,

No phantasy involved here.

Just my initials & "server" & a number.

Or, if the device isn't exactly a server, it can also be my initials & "router" & a number, or "bridge" etc.

7U5K3N , (edited )

My stuff is named after planets / ships in Star wars.

Server is coruscant

Desktop is malastare

Laptop is anaxes

Portable hard drives are ships

raldone01 , (edited )

My first server was called xenon because I misread Xeon for Xenon but I decided to stick with it. My new server is called argon.
For beefy servers I will now go with noble gases. Now that I think about it maybe I will use other elements in the future. Bismut sounds cool.

I have only one cloud VM and called it firstborn. 🤷

All my PCs get names I like Aveline, Elisabeth, Amanda, Eve...

I have yet to decide on a naming scheme for mobile phones.

Networking hardware gets descriptive names for their location and purpose.

bogosort ,

Periodic table names best names

ordellrb ,

I had them once named after things ( mostly Ships) from Jules Verne Books: Nautilus, Albatross, Formentera, Duncan, Dobryna, Hansa.

vk6flab , (edited )
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My first networked computer, on an AppleTalk network was called "()/)/)()"

It was an Apple Macintosh IIci.

It had that name for less than five minutes. That's how long it took the network manager to find me and demand that I rename it to something that didn't appear at the top of the Chooser, since that's where the ADMIN NetWare server should be.

He suggested "ob1", and that's what it has been and continues to be for the past 32 years. My laptop became ob2.

Servers under my custody are called short words, generally four characters or less unless they're disposable and they don't get a name beyond what the installation process creates.

Edit: Oops, one too many slashes. Fixed.

astraeus ,
@astraeus@programming.dev avatar

That first name is despicable, I love it

UnRelatedBurner ,

what does "()/)/)/()" mean?

vk6flab ,
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio avatar

Take note of my username and then squint at it.

AtariDump ,

OAAIO?

vk6flab ,
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio avatar

I just spotted an extraneous slash. I fixed my comment. Hopefully that clears up any confusion.

AtariDump ,

OAAO?

https://www.vk6flab.com/

vk6flab , (edited )
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio avatar

You're going to kick yourself in a moment..

What is my name?

Edit: it seems that names are not always visible on Lemmy. If you're playing at home, my name is Onno.

AtariDump ,

Vk6flab

vk6flab ,
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio avatar

It turns out that some clients don't show my name together with my account. My name is Onno.

AtariDump ,

THAT MAKES SENSE!

felbane ,

You should know that not all clients display your display name, some only show your username@instance.

It's not apparent to everyone that your name is Onno.

Ref.

vk6flab , (edited )
@vk6flab@lemmy.radio avatar

Thank you, that's not something I knew, the three clients I've used show both the account and the name.

Edit: This is weird, my current client (Connect) shows the name, but only for my account, not for any other account.

UnRelatedBurner ,

lol, /) kinda does spell A instead of N. But I get it, it's creative, nice.

|\| N

richieadler , (edited )

I use names of known computers or androids in fiction. My main computer is always Ralf (the computer built by Richie Adler in Whiz Kids), and my main phone is Lal (Data's daughter). My girlfriend uses other franchises (GLaDOS, Wheatley, Marvin).

barbara ,

fedora@server

bravesilvernest ,

vault101 was retired a few years ago and migrated to vault111

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