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.

Server Name	Taken from	Chosen By	Notes
zappa	Frank Zappa	ruaok on behalf of zas
kiki	Kiki & Herb	IRC conversation
herb	Kiki & Herb	IRC conversation
serge	Serge Gainsbourg	Zas
paco	Paco de Lucía	Zas
trille	Trille	Freso	Prominent Danish feminist activist († 2016). "En trille" is also a Danish word and musical term.
hip	The Tragically Hip	drsaunde
ludwig	Ludwig Von 88	yvanz
aretha	Aretha Franklin	Ada
yehudi	Yehudi Menuhin	yvanz
frank	Frank Ocean	iliekcomputers
pink	Pink Anderson and Pink Floyd	alastairp
floyd	Floyd Council and Pink Floyd	alastairp
gaga	Lady Gaga	CatCat
kiss	KISS	HibiscusKazeneko
clash	The Clash	rdswift	Chat log
patton	Mike Patton	Monkey
moroder	Giorgio Moroder	Leo Verto
purple	Deep Purple	CatQuest
aphex	Aphex Twin	atj
rakim	Rakim	atj

Retired Hetzner servers

Server Name	Taken From	Chosen By	Notes
queen	Queen	CatCat
bowie	David Bowie	ruaok
wetton	John Wetton	HibiscusKazeneko
lemmy	Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead)	CatCat
bootsy	Bootsy Collins	CallerNo6
prince	Prince	bitmap
boingo	Oingo Boingo	ruaok
williams	John Williams	chirlu
cage	John Cage	alastairp
burnside	R.L. Burnside	Quesito

Suggested names for new servers

Server Name	Taken From	Chosen By	Notes
flobot	Flobots	Freso
wiseguys	Wise Guys	chirlu
reinhard	Reinhard Mey	chirlu
rex	Rex Rudi	CatQuest
rudi	Rex Rudi	CatQuest	(I mean, either/both are good :D)
monster	Monster Truck	rdswift
lips (or mick)	Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones)	rdswift
mac	Fleetwood Mac	rdswift
buddy	Buddy Holly	rdswift
asha	Asha Bhosle	CatQuest
moon	Heavy Moon	CatQuest
jelly	Lemon Jelly	CatQuest
cash	Johnny Cash	Monkey	(only if "clash" is not in use?)
miles	Miles Davis	Alastair
mingus	Charles Mingus	Alastair
moondog	Moondog	Monkey	Louis Thomas Hardin
oum	Oum Kalthoum	yvanzo
selda	Selda Bağcan	yvanzo
crosby, stills, nash, young	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Alastair	could be used as a cluster, or individually. Removing Young depending on how much you think he should be a part of the group
quest	A Tribe Called Quest	atj
mello	2 Mello	aerozol
yamaoka (or akira)	Akira Yamaoka	aerozol
wolf	Howlin’ Wolf	bitmap
wussy	Wussy	bitmap

Historical at DWNI

Server Name	Taken From	Chosen By	Notes
asterix	Asterix	navap	[1]
astro	Astro Boy	alastairp	[2]
baron	Whisper of the Heart / The Cat Returns	Nikki	[3]
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	[4]
ernie	Sesame street	ruaok
gir	Invader Zim	ruaok	our switch -- in honor of Zim, our first server
hobbes	Calvin and Hobbes	murdos	[5]
hoser	Strange Brew	drsaunde	[6]
jiji	Kiki's Delivery Service	jesus2099	[7]
lobe	Freakazoid!	Freso
lolo	The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin	reosarevok	[8]
luna	Sailor Moon	CatCat	[9] - CatCat just watched the Sailor Moon S movie and was overwhelmed with cute. [10] (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	[11]
pingu	Pingu	luks	[12] (perry runs the wiki)
pino	Ergo Proxy	Mineo	[13]
remy	Ratatouille	Nikki	new Jira VM
rika	Higurashi no Naku Koro ni	ianmcorvidae	[14] (user machine)
roobarb	Roobarb	ijabz	[15]
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	[16]
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	[17], [18]
wiley	Merrie Melodies	ruaok	[19]
zaphod (alias for carl or lenny)	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	djce

Historical

Server Name	Taken From	Chosen By	Notes
bender	Futurama	djce	I forget
blik	Catscratch	keschte	[20] memcached/backup server
carl	The Simpsons	Muz	[21]
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	[22] Search server
lenny	The Simpsons	Muz	[23]
lingling	Drawn Together	Jean (ruaok's ex)	[24]
misty	Pokémon	warp	[25] Search server
moose		Muz	DB server
odie			Switch
stimpy	Ren and Stimpy	Kevin Murphy	[26]
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,	[27]