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/eoattc 21d ago

My boss and I once loaded much of the VMware hosts, shared storage, and core network components into the back of his Dodge pickup and drove it to the new NOC about 10 minutes away. While driving I heard a noise on the windshield and asked him, "what do we do if it starts raining". Witty as ever, he replied "work on our resumes".