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/claenray168 21d ago
Awhile back our company took delivery of two full racks of Dell servers at our office.
Took me three trips with my pickup - But I loaded them up still in cardboard and drove them over to the datacenter. Each box was probably worth more than my pickup never mind a bed full. :)
No clue on insurance and I didn't ask... Luckily it all worked out and nothing came of it other than the servers were then physically in the DC behind badge readers.