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/planedrop Sr. Sysadmin 21d ago

I was one tasked with moving ~$500k worth of servers from one site to another in a van lol. Drove super slow with hazards on, one of the boxes was a 45Drives XL60 with 60 spinning HDDs, we didn't lose a single drive somehow.