Hi everyone,
I’ve been a single-server built from whatever desktop I upgraded for years kind of guy, with a hostname of the street it is on (better than server, which is what it used to be).
However, at some point in the future my home lab will be located in a place I will not have immediate access to, and since it’s getting on in age and due for an upgrade anyway, I’m going to build in some redundancy. So, current names:
- OPNsense micro-router:
ingress01 - OPNsense backup:
ingress02 - Cluster micro-server with essential services:
cluster01 - Cluster micro-server with non-essential services and replicated essential services:
cluster02 - NAS:
nas - Powered on remotely when needed:
- Mac mini dev/release box:
macmini - Primary remote development server (basically my old desktop):
desktop
- Mac mini dev/release box:
Bring on the Mini-MacMinifaces, and any other ideas you have.
I think there is nothing inherently wrong with using obvious descriptive names like
desktop. My personal scheme is to do that and then add a numerical index for categories that have multiple hosts, likeswitch-0,switch-1. Honestly it makes my life so much easier to not be guessing what things on my network do.Yea, this is clearly me now. And of course what I do at work but with regions, too. Just looking to do something a bit more fun this time around.