# Server Names **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 19, 2008, 12:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272 "2008-06-19T12:52:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/61 "2008-06-23T07:50:48Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > ? > > Ya we are trying to avoid that. Its myself and a friend doing this setup and just looking for a creative name cycle. We wired the datacenter and looking for a type of naming scheme for the servers and one for the workstations. If they went together somehow that would be great. We also map out where we put all the servers in the datacenters and where we put the workstations so someone in the future can at least figure out where stuff is. use useful names for servers, so that people know what they are logging into based on the name. Something like what the person above put is good, lnx-sqldb, something along those lines. It leaves less gray area between a name and description. It is nice when a name can lead to a description of what the server does. workstations can use goofy names. Put a label on the machine with its name. Then if a help desk worker or admin needs to remote into it, they can just ask the user what the name on the label is. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 7:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/62 "2008-06-23T07:53:03Z")
> [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > Well what do you expect. I’ve been trying to get a good deal of things changed where i am… I basically gave up on it. Any large organization will be the same way ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/63 "2008-06-23T07:55:20Z")
Phone extension and department work well together… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/64 "2008-06-23T08:04:04Z")
meh, it is personal preference. I prefer my way, you prefer yours. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/65 "2008-06-23T08:05:44Z")
Honestly there is a right way and wrong way…we are probably both wrong… ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/66 "2008-06-23T08:06:57Z")
If its a windows environment why not just name them whatever and use OU’s to track location? or department? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/67 "2008-06-23T08:07:05Z")
haha werd I don’t manage windows servers ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/68 "2008-06-23T08:10:23Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > If its a windows environment why not just name them whatever and use OU’s to track location? or department? Not pure windows. Some applications rely on servers that are not part of the windows domain. As for naming, we are going with fun names because the company is not picky with names since its only one building. We are going with Disney Movies for the servers and then the character names for the work stations I think. The customer that contracted myself and my friend for this were pretty excited about that idea. ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/69 "2008-06-23T08:11:11Z")
ummm yea, ours are all marvel characters lol(punisher, galactus etc…) thanks to some nyspeed members i’m told ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/70 "2008-06-23T08:12:51Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > haha werd > > I don’t manage windows servers Doesn’t stop you from using open directory or something… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/71 "2008-06-23T08:18:27Z")
yeah, that is true, but not worth it for us. Our current system is working well and I really don’t see any reason to change it. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/72 "2008-06-23T08:48:21Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > yeah, that is true, but not worth it for us. Our current system is working well and I really don’t see any reason to change it. for each their own… i have both running on this site. a few pure linux servers that have massive storage arrays that handle only database and storage processing and some windows servers that run what they need to. saying you should use windows only or linux only is like saying you only should program in visual basic, not PHP or C++. both have a purpose. the people who can use them for that purpose are the ones that are successful and cost efficient. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272/73 "2008-06-23T08:53:19Z")
I am a sys admin for a specific software package/system that is deployed at many sites. I manage all the servers that the system runs on. Since it runs on linux boxes(as per manufacturer specs), that is what I manage. There are many components, and some components run on other oses, but they are all unix/linux boxes. So I never said, one should only use linux, just that all of my team’s servers are linux boxes. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/server-names/50272.md?page=3)