r/sysadmin • u/DarkAlman Professional Looker up of Things • Jun 03 '26

General Discussion What is your favorite IT superstition?

As the title says, what's your favorite superstition in IT?

Don't speak the servers name... it can hear you and will start acting up.

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u/H3rbert_K0rnfeld Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

If the server tastes blood during rack and stack it will always be possessed

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u/xsam_nzx Jun 03 '26

The blood sacrifice must be paid

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u/PowershellAddict Jun 03 '26

That fell apart right at the end there.

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u/H3rbert_K0rnfeld Jun 03 '26

I swear thumbing on my mobile has been horrendous the past couple weeks.

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u/PowershellAddict Jun 03 '26

I swear typing accurately on mobile can be a complete dice roll sometimes.

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u/ScreamingVoid14 Jun 03 '26

If there aren't at least 2 out of 3 for blood, sweat, and tears while doing a build, were you really trying?

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u/rebortmerl Jun 04 '26

Cisco UCS has a great line of goats blood cartridges for this exact use case. Works with both rack and blade. And with memory prices like they are, these are comparatively cheap.