Rocky Linux Makes a Comeback as a CentOS Alternative With CentOS 8 upgrades and support set to be discontinued at the end of December 2021, current users are seeking alternatives. Fortunately, there’s an excellent solution that will fill the CentOS-sized hole in your heart; Rocky Linux! Let’s go through some of the reasons why our… Read more »
What is Linux? Open Source 101 with A-Team Systems
Wednesday, September 15, 2021
What is Linux? Open Source 101 with A-Team Systems If you’re new to open source software, you’ve probably wondered “What is Linux?” There’s quite a bit to know and it takes years to fully understand. So we decided it would be a good idea for us to take some time to create an intro to… Read more »
FreeBSD vs Linux: Which Open Source OS is Superior?
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
FreeBSD vs Linux: Which Open Source OS is Superior? FreeBSD vs Linux, which is superior? The answer isn’t so simple. Both have their strengths and weaknesses and the solution isn’t one-size-fits-all. Our experts at A-Team Systems have decades of experience working with both. So, we’re going to lay out the advantages and disadvantages to help… Read more »
Convert RedHat to CentOS And Save Money Today!
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Discussing how to convert RedHat to CentOS has been an increasingly common topic with IBM’s acquisition of RedHat. Many organizations are reviewing their RedHat agreements and asking themselves what they get from their RedHat licensing and support dollars. RHEL resellers are also concerned that their biggest competitor and RedHat reseller (IBM) is now in complete… Read more »
SOLVED: FreeBSD + pip + virtualenv = file not found
Friday, August 19, 2016
We love python virtual environments, but under FreeBSD we occasionally see issues where pip is not correctly using the /usr/local/include and /usr/local/lib paths to compile installable modules. The Problem This can produce errors such as the below, which we saw when doing a ‘pip install pycrypto’ operation: src/_fastmath.c:36:11: fatal error: ‘gmp.h’ file not found Even… Read more »
FreeBSD / pfSense on a Zotac ZBox: link state down and ‘re0: watchdog timeout’ errors
Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Recently we purchased a Zotac ZBOX-CI321NANO to replace our existing pfSense PC which was in a much larger case. There are a few variations but ours has dual 1 Gbps NICs, many USB 3.0 ports, 2 GiB of RAM, a 32 GiB SSD and is powered by a Celeron 2961Y (1.10 GHz). It has plenty… Read more »
Systems Administration Retainers
Thursday, March 10, 2016
A-Team Systems has formally rolled out monthly retainer plans which represent a significant discount over our standard hourly pricing for clients who are regularly expanding and adding new projects to their infrastructure. These plans compliment our existing monthly maintenance and monitoring plans giving you complete predictability and cost management. Retainer hours can be allocated to… Read more »
New Relic Monitoring & Integration
Friday, August 7, 2015
Today A-Team Systems formally announces the latest edition to all maintenance and monitoring plans: Complete integration with New Relic application monitoring and metrics. We’re particularly excited about this as New Relic is the standard for application monitoring and is an excellent tool for driving optimization of code, database and systems infrastructure. Unified Monitoring Foremost A-Team… Read more »
New Monitoring & Maintenance Pricing
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
More affordable than ever with more features, services and peace of mind! A-Team Systems proudly announces it’s updated monitoring and maintenance plan pricing. Among the improvements all plans now include best effort monitoring at a minimum, gain peace of mind while managing costs! We’ve also increased the services we include as part of the ServerCare… Read more »