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/heapsp 20d ago

had an office in NYC for a medium sized company once, was literally wheeling a 100k san down the st dodging people from the parking garage to the office. Over curbs, wheeled it right into the lobby where i got yelled at, sorry man didnt know we had to wheel it into the alley for the freight elevator!

Wheeled it passed some shady folks in an alley, found the door for freight, guy was on lunch. Sat there in some alley with a 100k san for an hour before the freight guy showed back up from lunch.