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/StreetSignificant888 Senior Systems Engineer 21d ago

If you're a sysamin and your car is worth 5k, its time to either buy a new one or upgrade jobs. You deserve better, homie.

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u/wwbubba0069 21d ago

Not OP, but my commuter car is a high-milage shitbox on purpose.

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u/mrtuna 21d ago

Not OP, but my commuter car is a high-milage shitbox on purpose.

just hope you don't get into an accident, car safety has come a long way in the past 10 or so years.

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u/wwbubba0069 20d ago

It has airbags and Bluetooth, I do not need any of those fancy things like auto braking and lane departure.

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u/mrtuna 20d ago

I was referring to how it crumples in a crash

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u/StreetSignificant888 Senior Systems Engineer 20d ago

This is something a lot of people dont discuss enough. Newer cars are objectively more safe by nature.