[Asterisk-Users] What do you name yours

[David Brodbeck]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Diliberto [mailto:ken at kdmd.net]

> On the surface, naming may sound trivial.  When you're 
> dealing with users
> and people paying your salary/consulting fees, it's not.  
> Offending the
> wrong person because you named the server "Nag", "Chatterbox",
> "ETPhoneHome", etc. can be very costly.
> 
> You could use some of the following:
> 
> PhoneSystem
> PhoneManager
> PhoneVoiceMail
> CompanyPhone

I named mine "dialtone".

I try to give machines here names that relate to their purpose, but ones
that aren't *too* software-specific, because renaming machines can be a
pain.  (For example, I'm reluctant to give names like "asterisk" or "squid"
to machines, because what if I switch to some other package later?)  I also
came in when some machine names had already been established, so I didn't
really have the option of using a cute, consistent scheme like some places
do.  So, for example, we have a proxy server named "gatekeeper", firewalls
named "drawbridge" and "portcullis", and an AutoDesk Inventor Vault server
named "edison".  My users seem to be able to remember the names when they
need to, which is the important thing.