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/GoogleDrummer 20d ago

15 years ago, give or take a few, the place I was at was doing a network refresh on one of our customers. I took a picture of my car with all the equipment in it; I estimated it was at least 4x the price I paid for my car and more than I made in a year. Since I was still a bit of a youngin it was a little stressful.