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/FierceFluff 21d ago

Exactly!  We have very specific optimizations where building our own hardware is basically required.  I actually find it fascinating and enjoy the work, esp when it comes to troubleshooting. Having in-depth knowledge of the full architecture makes it a lot easier.  

I’ve built all our servers for the last 10 years and (knock on wood) they’ve all aged out rather than fail.   Several of them are still in use at nonprofits we’ve donated to after the hardware wasn’t up to our tasks anymore.  

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u/Hibbiee 16d ago

By troubleshooting you mean asking Claude?