Technical notes from Linux and FreeBSD infrastructure work
Practical guides, troubleshooting notes, and operational references from production infrastructure work with Linux, FreeBSD, networking, web servers, databases, backups, monitoring, and security.
Practical notes from A-Team Systems' work with Linux, FreeBSD, networking, web servers, databases, backups, performance, monitoring, and production infrastructure operations.
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FreeBSD vs OpenBSD: Which is Right for You?
FreeBSD vs OpenBSD: Which is Right for You? FreeBSD vs OpenBSD. Which is more secure? Which is faster? Which is generally superior? Both have their...
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
- Performance
- UNIX
The Difference Between Apache and NginX
The Difference Between Apache and NginX Apache and NginX are two important players in the web server sector. According to Stackscale, Apache makes up...
- Apache HTTPd
- NginX
- Web Server
What Does a Web Server Do? Intro to Web Servers
What Does a Web Server Do? Intro to Web Servers Here at A-Team Systems, we get all kinds of questions from people. One common one is, “What does a web...
- 24%
Rocky Linux Makes a Comeback as a CentOS Alternative
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...
- Linux
- systems administration
What is Linux? Open Source 101 with A-Team Systems
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...
- Linux
- systems administration
- UNIX
FreeBSD vs Linux: Which Open Source OS is Superior?
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...
- FreeBSD
- Linux
- Performance
- systems administration
Intro to FreeBSD: Learn What it is and How it Works
If you’re new to FreeBSD, you probably have a lot of questions. It’s a sophisticated system that takes time and practice to get familiar with...
- topic archives
SOLVED: linker_load_file: /boot/modules/openzfs.ko – unsupported file type
While trying to recover and upgrade a FreeBSD install we ran into an issue where the kernel loader would hang when loading openzfs.ko: linker_load_file...
- FreeBSD
- ZFS
SOLVED: Magento / PHP datefmt_create: no such time zone: ‘UTC’: U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR
After upgrading a host’s operating system we ran into this error on a Magento site: There has been an error processing your request datefmt_create: no...
- chroot
- magento
- PHP
- PHP-FPM
SOLVED: FreeBSD nfsv4 client/server protocol prob err=10026
While working with high-load and high-lock contention NFSv4 with FreeBSD as the NFS client you may see this error and have the NFS mount hang: nfsv4...
- FreeBSD
- NFS
SOLVED: FreeBSD 12.2 ZFS: can only boot from disk, mirror, raidz1, raidz2, and raidz3 vdevs
After upgrading a file server to FreeBSD 12.2 this last week we ran into an interesting issue where the boot loader immediately errored with the following...
- booting
- error
- FreeBSD
- GPT
- ZFS
Dedicated and Cloud Hosting Comparison: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Vultr, LiquidWeb
A-Team Systems works with dozens of different hosting providers in almost every environment conceivable. In a unique way this broad experience has given...
- AWS
- Azure
- cloud servers
- dedicated servers
- Google Cloud
- Linux
- LiquidWeb
- Performance
- Vultr
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