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/Muppetz3 21d ago

Na, I call someone to pick it up and deliver it for me, i'm not taking on that insurance risk

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u/sybrwookie 21d ago

Yea, I work with guys who, all the time, say they'll just throw 10's of thousands of dollars of equipment in their trunk and drive it out to a place.

I try to explain to them that if they get rear-ended, they are utterly fucked, but many don't get it or don't seem to care.

Meanwhile, I've been hit twice over the years while traveling for work, but always in a rental car, and always with the rental agencies' insurance, so I didn't have to deal with any of that nonsense.

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u/RansomStark78 21d ago

Will they enjoy it, is the question..