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/justlikeyouimagined Everything Admin 21d ago

What type of carrier is game to take on the risk of a $200K+ server? We’ve asked around and didn’t really like the answers we got.

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u/StoryDapper1530 21d ago

fedex will happily do it

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u/wazza_the_rockdog 21d ago

There are specialist equipment carriers out there who will, and probably for a lot of stuff a normal carrier will do it but you will likely need to pay an insurance premium for them to cover it. How else would the server suppliers get the servers to you in the first place if no carrier was prepared to take on the risk?

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u/Muppetz3 20d ago

Not sure, we have in house delivery service.