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.
If you can keep these from being multipurpose then name them what they’re for. If they’re multipurpose then just name them something totally unrelated. I name apps at work occasionally and if you try to get specific (e.g. network-configurator) you pretty much doom yourself to start using it for something that doesn’t match the name.