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Nevis Linux Cluster Node Names |
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| kolya |
ATLAS workgroup server |
Dual 3.2 GHz Xeon |
4 GB |
2.5 TB |
Tsar Nikolai II Alexandrovich (1868-1918) |
| tanya |
ATLAS client |
3.2 GHz Dual-Core Pentium D |
1 GB |
60 GB |
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicolaievna (1897-1918) |
| xenia |
ATLAS tier3 server |
Quad 2.26 GHz 4-core Xeon |
24 GB |
15 TB |
Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna |
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| karthur |
ATLAS/D0 workgroup server |
Dual 3.2 GHz Xeon |
4 GB |
2.5 TB |
Arthur Pendragon, Once and Future King |
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| elecsim |
Electronics shop chip-design workstation |
2.4 Intel Xeon |
24 GB |
800 GB |
Sometimes we have to use a practical name |
| elecdesign |
Electronics shop chip-design workstation |
2.8 GHz Pentium 4 |
1 GB |
160 GB |
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| | Named (initially) for characters and locations from the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling. (The student boxes are also shared, but they're described separately.) The reason for mixed naming scheme is these systems were at one time dedicated to specific workgroups.
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| ron |
Shared client |
2 GHz Athlon Duo |
2 GB |
60 GB |
Ron Weasley, one of Harry's friends |
| harry |
Shared client |
2 GHz Athlon Duo |
2 GB |
60 GB |
After Harry Potter, the hero of his eponymous series. |
| lexington |
Shared client |
2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo |
2 GB |
60 GB |
Lexington Avenue in New York City |
| leonardo |
Shared client |
2 GHz Pentium Dual-core |
2 GB |
130 GB |
After Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian inventor and artist. |
| excalibur |
D0 client |
2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo |
2 GB |
60 GB |
The legendary sword of karthur... er... King Arthur. |
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| notebook |
Jupyter server |
Xeon E5-2650 |
32 GB |
200 GB |
Another dull practical name. |
| milne |
student file server |
Xeon E5-2620 |
32 GB |
5 TB |
A. A. Milne, creator of characters in the Hundred-Acre Wood |
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Administrative machines
Named for historical figures who made important contributions to Western thought
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| hamilton |
virtual name for main sysadmin server |
Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), born on the island of Nevis, was the first Secretary of the Treasury. |
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| hermes |
Condor, DNS, and print server |
Dual-core 1.86 GHz Xeon |
1 GB |
128 GB |
Hermes was the messenger of the gods; a god of intellect, invention, travelers, communication, and many other attributes. |
| franklin |
mail server |
Xen virtual machine |
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), who was (among many other things) the first Postmaster General of the United Sates. |
| ada |
web server |
Xen virtual machine |
Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852), the founder of scientific computing. |
| lincoln |
log server |
alias for hermes |
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), lawyer, statesman, and 16th American President; said to have been born in a log cabin. |
| shelley |
backup server |
Dual Core 1.5 GHz Intel Xeon 3050 |
2 GB |
4 TB |
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), writer and philosopher, best known as the author of Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus. |
| sullivan |
mailing-list server |
Xen virtual machine |
Take your pick: |
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| notebook |
Jupyter server |
Xeon E5-2650 |
32 GB |
200 GB |
Another dull practical name. |
| milne |
student file server |
Xeon E5-2620 |
32 GB |
5 TB |
A. A. Milne, creator of characters in the Hundred-Acre Wood |
| pixel |
videoconference system in room 115 |
2.8 GHz Intel Core Duo |
2 GB |
60 GB |
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| annex |
Annex general-purpose server |
Dual 2.4 GHz Xeon |
1 GB |
12 TB |
Sometimes we have to use a practical name. |
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Why the funny names? |
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