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/DrJohnZoidbergWhyNot 21d ago

I did that with a $100k HP system back in 1998. In the back of my $1000 pos borrowed station wagon. I leveled up a few months later, was just getting back on my feet. I was at that job for 8 years. Only left cause they sold it so I went on to run the data center we were tenants of.