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Best Worst Server Name Awards Compendium: Page 38 of 42

Submitted By: Tony Lucas
Server Function: holds corporate data
Reasoning Behind Name: as in pandoras box-- never know what's in it
Server Name: pandoras

 

Submitted By: Mike Bloch

Server Function: File Server
Reasoning Behind Name: All of the servers were named after islands, like Canary, or Easter...
Server Name: nomanisan

 

Submitted By: Jay Petel
Server Function: Firewall management station

Reasoning Behind Name: One of the moons of Saturn, also a Greek god. All servers were names after planets and moons.
Server Name: iapetus (but no one knew how to pronounce it)