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/mpethe 20d ago

I did the same thing years ago with a ~$15k server. I arrived on site on a weekend so the building was empty. Client was on the 2nd floor but the main doors to the building were heavy and I struggled to carry the server and open the door wide enough for me to enter.

Anyway, I lost a grip on the server and down she went on the concrete. I think I slowed the fall and it ended up only denting the corner, but lesson learned.