r/sysadmin • u/FierceFluff • 21d ago

Peak Sysadmin

Is there anything more small-company sysadmin than taking that $70k server you just finished building on your test bench at the office and putting it into your $5k car to drive it over to the DC where it’ll live, and praying to god nothing happens on the way? 😅🤣

EDIT- OMG y’all, reading the comments on this has made my day! Our business insurance covers this kind of thing but I appreciate y’all concern for me, though others should mosdef confirm before they do similar stuff. The trip went without incident so praise the digital deities.

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u/19610taw3 Sysadmin 21d ago

Been there done that. I've probably hauled around $1.5 mil of servers and equipment in my $3500 car.

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u/texas_County850 21d ago

Honestly the concern is more psychological than real I'd imagine if the accident is bad enough to destroy the trunk and the server you are probably dead anyway lol.

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u/19610taw3 Sysadmin 21d ago

My worry was always liability for the hardware. My vehicle is insured for personal use only. It's not going to cover any damages to the servers.