Hosting/Server names

Server names at Hetzner

Server names at hetzner will have band names. Again, short and easy to type. Zas and Ruaok reserve the right to reject suggested names.

Currently in use, but soon to go away

Server Name	Chosen By	Notes
Bowie, for David Bowie	ruaok
Zappa, for Frank Zappa	Chosen by Ruaok on behalf of zas
Kiki	Chosen by IRC conversation	https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/2016-09-08/?msg=3683645&page=2
Herb	Chosen by IRC conversation	https://chatlogs.metabrainz.org/brainzbot/metabrainz/2016-09-08/?msg=3683645&page=2
Lemmy, for Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead)	User:CatCat
Queen [[1]]	User:CatCat

Server Name	Taken From	Chosen By	Notes
asterix	Asterix	navap	[2]
astro	Astro Boy	alastairp	[3]
baron	Whisper of the Heart / The Cat Returns	Nikki	[4]
bert	Sesame street	ruaok
cartman	South Park	ruaok
dagon	Dagon	demosdemon	I chose it after the deity linked or Lovecraftian deity (take your pick), I'll find a animated character that fits
dora	Dora, La Exploradora	warp	[5]
ernie	Sesame street	ruaok
gir	Invader Zim	ruaok	our switch -- in honor of Zim, our first server
hobbes	Calvin and Hobbes	murdos	[6]
hoser	Strange Brew	drsaunde	[7]
jiji	Kiki’s Delivery Service	jesus2099	[8]
lobe	Freakazoid!	Freso
lolo	The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin	reosarevok	[9]
luna	Sailor Moon	CatCat	[10] - CatCat just watched the Sailor Moon S movie and was overwhelmed with cute. [11] (virtual machine running forums)
nomo	Cross Game	Mineo	MyAnimeList says: "He is often seen eating, sleeping, meowing or just appears in the background throughout the series."
perry	Phineas and Ferb	CatCat	[12]
pingu	Pingu	luks	[13] (perry runs the wiki)
pino	Ergo Proxy	Mineo	[14]
remy	Ratatouille	Nikki	new Jira VM
rika	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni	ianmcorvidae	[15] (user machine)
roobarb	Roobarb	ijabz	[16]
rocko	Rocko's Modern Life	bitmap
sakura	Cardcaptor Sakura	kepstin
scooby	Scooby-Doo	ruaok	Uh, duh. Scooby snacks!
spike	My Little Pony	warp	Spike is a purple and green baby dragon. He is Twilight Sparkle's best friend and number one assistant.
tails	Sonic the Hedgehog	aCiD2	[17]
taz	Looney Tunes	Elliot Davis
teto	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind	ianmcorvidae	decided on my own, nausicaa (suggested by salo.rock) is way too long/hard-to-type for a server name and teto is a cute fox-squirrel
tintin	The Adventures of Tintin	bitmap	(new VM for stats, on hoser)
totoro	My Neighbour Totoro	murdos, Nikki	[18], [19]
wiley	Merrie Melodies	ruaok	[20]
zaphod (alias for carl or lenny)	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	djce

Not in use yet

Server Name	Taken From	Chosen By	Notes
pabu	Legend of Korra	demosdemon
goku	Dragon Ball Z	navap

Historical

Server Name	Taken From	Chosen By	Notes
bender	Futurama	djce	I forget
blik	Catscratch	keschte	[21] memcached/backup server
carl	The Simpsons	Muz	[22]
catbus	My Neighbour Totoro	Nikki	Search/raw db server.
cosgrove	Freakazoid!	Freso	chatlogger VM
dexter	Dexter's Laboratory	CatCat	hefty
hefty	The Smurfs	Dave Evans	(former mirror at last.fm)
jem	Jem and the Holograms	BrianFreud	[23] Search server
lenny	The Simpsons	Muz	[24]
lingling	Drawn Together	Jean (ruaok's ex)	[25]
misty	Pokémon	warp	[26] Search server
moose		Muz	DB server
odie			Switch
stimpy	Ren and Stimpy	Kevin Murphy	[27]
zim	Invader Zim	ruaok	our first server! Used to run all of musicbrainz!

Other named things

Gear	Named	Taken From	Chosen By
Backup disks	HUEY, DEWEY, LOUIE	...	djce
Dreadfully awful backup disks	CAFFEINE, ALCOHOL, THC	(life)	ruaok
Retired backup disks	SEX, DRUGS, ROCKNROLL	(popular culture)	djce, ruaok,	[28]