[Info-vax] Cluster Nomenclature

[Rich Jordan]

On Mar 5, 11:00 am, sapienzaf <sapie... at noesys.com> wrote:
> On Mar 5, 10:07 am, Rich Jordan <jor... at ccs4vms.com> wrote:
>
> > At home I used music and literature for a while (Fugue and Fury,
> > Sonnet, Tempo) till I got an alpha running NT and didn't want to waste
> > a good name on it (it became 'wastedalpha' but I almost named it
> > 'rap'), then switched to cars (Fury, heh!, Monaco, Polara, Dart,
> > Demon, Duster, Cuda, hemi).
>
> Sorry to spoil your naming convention, but Hemi is an engine, not a
> car.
>
> :-)

True.  Hemi is a way of life ;)  Related enough since it was the most
powerful node in the cluster at the time.  My cluster had a Hemi in
it.  Besides the motoring illiterati would look at a Roadrunner or
GTX, see the Hemi badging, and just call it a Hemi so its not entirely
inconsistent.

"Wastedalpha" was also node "Rising" when running a real OS.  From
"Wasted Alpha" to "Alpha Rising" just by rebooting.  Its name also
didn't fit the convention, but then who really cares, it was (and is)
a good name and it fit in the 6 character limit.

I personally like the Deathrow naming convention but not for my own
use.