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I've ended up with a number of machines on my network, and a need to name them all in a somewhat logical way. For several years I had them named after the planets, which worked well until the PCs for myself, my girlfriend, servers and Raspberry Pi's quickly summed up to more than the eight planets. I've broadened it somewhat to include any Greek/Roman mythological figure, but the system is definitely not as clean as it used to be.

Do you have a coordinated naming theme for your machines?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@aquova

Call me boring but

First 3 = OS/appliance type
Next 3 = Purpose/role
Last Character = Environment / lane
(numbers added if more than one)

Having a server called "Enterprise" is cool ... but when I get an email saying WINNASP or RHLFTPQ are down, it's much more useful and descriptive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'd definitely do this for work but I know who farnsworth is on my home LAN