2012-09-02, 11:04 PM
So, I'm about to go to a cheapy-cheap VPS ($45.12/y). Right off the bat, they pose the hardest question one could answer:
What shall this host be named?
www is dull and unimaginative. However, I need to come up with a naming scheme that will work well with potentially dozens of computers. Having them somewhat descriptive of what they do would be cool (i.e. Ares would fit a match server in a Greek naming convention, and Athena could be a database server or something, but Greek deities are overdone). Maybe even region-specific things (i.e. Native American figures for NA, European deities for EU, and Japanese/Chinese deities for Asian servers)?
I use Egyptian deities for my home network, so I can't use those without potential confusion.
Damn, names are hard. Why do I suck at naming things? Time to spend the rest of the day on Wikipedia, I guess...
What shall this host be named?
www is dull and unimaginative. However, I need to come up with a naming scheme that will work well with potentially dozens of computers. Having them somewhat descriptive of what they do would be cool (i.e. Ares would fit a match server in a Greek naming convention, and Athena could be a database server or something, but Greek deities are overdone). Maybe even region-specific things (i.e. Native American figures for NA, European deities for EU, and Japanese/Chinese deities for Asian servers)?
I use Egyptian deities for my home network, so I can't use those without potential confusion.
Damn, names are hard. Why do I suck at naming things? Time to spend the rest of the day on Wikipedia, I guess...
My VPS has the hostname "hoth" for example...