How far can you throw a rackmount server? Far enough for GLORY?
That’s the question that will be all the buzz at CloudFest 2025, hosted in Germany from March 17-20. There will probably be some chatter about deployment optimization, orchestration, cost savings, blah blah, but the real reason people come is the World Server Throwing Championship.
Every attendee is eligible to participate. Step up to the line, heft a server in your hands, and hurl it as far as you can.
Find out what awaits you at the World Server Throwing Championship, only at CloudFest 2025! The noble sport of server throwing, once confined to datacenter basements, is now taking the spotlight—this video shows you how it works, but it’s really not complicated. Two days of action in Men’s and Women’s divisions will determine who reigns supreme. This is the geekiest and most exciting sport in the internet infrastructure industry, so it makes sense to feature it at the world’s #1 cloud computing event. One thing is certain: servers WILL be harmed during the course of this event!
Raindog308 is a longtime LowEndTalk community administrator, technical writer, and self-described techno polymath. With deep roots in the *nix world, he has a passion for systems both modern and vintage, ranging from Unix, Perl, Python, and Golang to shell scripting and mainframe-era operating systems like MVS. He’s equally comfortable with relational database systems, having spent years working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
As an avid user of LowEndBox providers, Raindog runs an empire of LEBs, from tiny boxes for VPNs, to mid-sized instances for application hosting, and heavyweight servers for data storage and complex databases. He brings both technical rigor and real-world experience to every piece he writes.
Beyond the command line, Raindog is a lover of German Shepherds, high-quality knives, target shooting, theology, tabletop RPGs, and hiking in deep, quiet forests.
His goal with every article is to help users, from beginners to seasoned sysadmins, get more value, performance, and enjoyment out of their infrastructure.
You can find him daily in the forums at LowEndTalk under the handle @raindog308.
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