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Best Worst Server Name Awards Compendium: Page 24 of 42

Submitted By: Eric DeWilde
Server Function: Grumpy was the file server, Dopey was the automated system backup server
Reasoning Behind Name: Named for Dwarfs

Server Name: Grumpy, Dopey

 

Submitted By: Ihaab Dais
Server Function: Web server
Reasoning Behind Name: An infestation of Australian Wombats. The original system administrator who named the server was a huge fan of Australian wildlife.
Server Name: wombatinfestation

 

Submitted By: Ian Rae
Server Function: junk mail and antivirus gateway
Reasoning Behind Name: affectionate term for something full of crap
Server Name: Poopsies