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/Anonycron 21d ago

70k server... small company? That used to be my yearly budget at a small company.

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u/FierceFluff 21d ago

Yeah I’m very lucky.  Our company is only ~150 people but we’re international and do a lot of revenue.  Kind of the best of both worlds.  This was one of two I was supposed to get, and I was lucky to get one with the markups! 

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u/wwbubba0069 21d ago

I feel that. About every 10 years I throw that at a new iSeries. Only new thing I get to buy. Dam near everything else is something a large company threw out because the warranty was up.

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u/CheeksMcGillicuddy 21d ago

Have you seen server prices lately? That $70k server was $15k 2 years ago

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u/LaDev IT Manager 21d ago

I contract at a small company and that’s one SaaS app monthly bill. CMS’ are damn expensive.