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posted by Klaus Steden on Jan. 6, 2014, 5:35 p.m.

Hi there, Has anyone out there in TV-land worked with any iSCSI initiators for OS X? I found one from Studio Network Solutions that has a reasonable-looking price, but does anyone have any horror stories, or stories of great success using iSCSI on Macs? thanks, Klaus To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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Hi there, Has anyone out there in TV-land worked with any iSCSI initiators for OS X? I found one from Studio Network Solutions that has a reasonable-looking price, but does anyone have any horror stories, or stories of great success using iSCSI on Macs? thanks, Klaus To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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posted by Jean-Francois Panisset on Jan. 6, 2014, 7 p.m. (1 day ago)

You would think that Autodesk would have something useful to say about remote installation of their products on Windows, right? From: http://download.autodesk.com/us/industries/mne/pdf/2013/Autodesk_ME_NetworkAdminGuide_enu.pdf here's how they suggest you run a batch file to install a "deployment" on all your systems: Use one of the following methods to run an installation batch file: Run the batch file manually at each individual computer. To run the installation, paste the batch file into the Run dialog box or run it from the Windows command prompt. Send an email to each user who should run the batch file, with the UNC path and any required instructions. Email the batch file to each user with instructions for use. Set up the batch file so that it runs on login. I think I like the "email the batch file" one best. JF

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You would think that Autodesk would have something useful to say about remote installation of their products on Windows, right? From: http://download.autodesk.com/us/industries/mne/pdf/2013/Autodesk_ME_NetworkAdminGuide_enu.pdf here's how they suggest you run a batch file to install a "deployment" on all your systems: Use one of the following methods to run an installation batch file: Run the batch file manually at each individual computer. To run the installation, paste the batch file into the Run dialog box or run it from the Windows command prompt. Send an email to each user who should run the batch file, with the UNC path and any required instructions. Email the batch file to each user with instructions for use. Set up the batch file so that it runs on login. I think I like the "email the batch file" one best. JF

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posted by Michael Oliver on Jan. 6, 2014, 8:10 p.m. (1 day ago)

Vancouver, BC Canada: Anyone interested in helping out to set up a few machines in Vancouver? Just a few day gig (today through Wednesday). Let me know: "It's not intense IT support, but it would be working with my guy remotely to get the machines set up, working with the production folks (my clients) on site to get everything up and running so my guy can remotely install software, etc. to get the gang up and running!" Michael Oliver moliver@lookfx.com Worldwide Director of Technology Look Effects, Inc. w: 323-469-4230 x111 c: 858-336-1438

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Vancouver, BC Canada: Anyone interested in helping out to set up a few machines in Vancouver? Just a few day gig (today through Wednesday). Let me know: "It's not intense IT support, but it would be working with my guy remotely to get the machines set up, working with the production folks (my clients) on site to get everything up and running so my guy can remotely install software, etc. to get the gang up and running!" Michael Oliver moliver@lookfx.com Worldwide Director of Technology Look Effects, Inc. w: 323-469-4230 x111 c: 858-336-1438

failed LTO mechanism

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posted by Matt Daly on Jan. 8, 2014, 10:50 a.m.

We have a quantum superloader3 with a LTO5 drive (also the same as a Dell 124, I think) . I have just started getting a write error. Quantum provides a utility (xTalk) to diagnose errors on the drive, here are the results: Drive Information Report     Drive Type ---------------- : Ultrium 5     Drive Serial Number ------- : HU1123GT8D     Media Changer Present ----- : No     Vendor  ID ---------------- : QUANTUM     Product ID ---------------- : ULTRIUM 5           Product Revision Level ---- : 3210     Product Family ------------ : 1.5 / 3.0 TB     Servo FW Revision --------- : A011     Power On Hours ------------ : 14825     Tape Motion Hours --------- : 714     Load Count ---------------- : 727     Cleaning Tape Count ------- : 13     Last Clean ---------------- : 0     Time        Error     Error Description     =======================================     714 Hours    03/14/00    "Recorded Entity Not Found. Logical block not found."     714 Hours    03/0C/00    "Write error  A Write operation failed. Most likely cause is bad media  but it may be hardware related."     714 Hours    03/0C/00    "Write error  A Write operation failed. Most likely cause is bad media  but it may be hardware related."     713 Hours    03/14/00    "Recorded Entity Not Found. Logical block not found."     713 Hours    03/14/00    "Recorded Entity Not Found. Logical block not found." Report Complete ..... Test Summary     Drive Detection Test -------- : Passed     SCSI Interconnect Test ------ : Passed     Tape Load Test -------------- : Passed     Quick Write/Read Test ------- : Passed     Small Buffer Wr/Rd Test ----- : Passed     System Level Test ----------- : Passed     Time Test ------------------- : Passed     Multi-Pattern Test ---------- : Passed     LTO Error Rate Test  -------- : Failed Problem Detected I am trying to get in touch with quantum, it is out of warranty. My question is - has anyone worked with quantum before, can this be fixed, will they want to replace the mechanism? Any idea on a cost - is it worth it? I see that I can pick up the same system with a LTO6 drive for around $3300, so I may want to do that. It seems like 714 hours is pretty low. Has anybody tried to replace the mechanism themselves? I used to do that on an old SDLT loaded without any issues, but this one seems to be a little tighter. Oh, I have cleaned the drive when it requests it, and I use quantum brand media. I am getting this error on all of the brand new tapes that I have tried, so I doubt it is the media. MD -- MATT DALY chief scientist// LEVIATHAN ------------------------------------------------ W 312.878.1500  | M 773.294.3977| lvthn.com

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We have a quantum superloader3 with a LTO5 drive (also the same as a Dell 124, I think) . I have just started getting a write error. Quantum provides a utility (xTalk) to diagnose errors on the drive, here are the results: Drive Information Report     Drive Type ---------------- : Ultrium 5     Drive Serial Number ------- : HU1123GT8D     Media Changer Present ----- : No     Vendor  ID ---------------- : QUANTUM     Product ID ---------------- : ULTRIUM 5           Product Revision Level ---- : 3210     Product Family ------------ : 1.5 / 3.0 TB     Servo FW Revision --------- : A011     Power On Hours ------------ : 14825     Tape Motion Hours --------- : 714     Load Count ---------------- : 727     Cleaning Tape Count ------- : 13     Last Clean ---------------- : 0     Time        Error     Error Description     =======================================     714 Hours    03/14/00    "Recorded Entity Not Found. Logical block not found."     714 Hours    03/0C/00    "Write error  A Write operation failed. Most likely cause is bad media  but it may be hardware related."     714 Hours    03/0C/00    "Write error  A Write operation failed. Most likely cause is bad media  but it may be hardware related."     713 Hours    03/14/00    "Recorded Entity Not Found. Logical block not found."     713 Hours    03/14/00    "Recorded Entity Not Found. Logical block not found." Report Complete ..... Test Summary     Drive Detection Test -------- : Passed     SCSI Interconnect Test ------ : Passed     Tape Load Test -------------- : Passed     Quick Write/Read Test ------- : Passed     Small Buffer Wr/Rd Test ----- : Passed     System Level Test ----------- : Passed     Time Test ------------------- : Passed     Multi-Pattern Test ---------- : Passed     LTO Error Rate Test  -------- : Failed Problem Detected I am trying to get in touch with quantum, it is out of warranty. My question is - has anyone worked with quantum before, can this be fixed, will they want to replace the mechanism? Any idea on a cost - is it worth it? I see that I can pick up the same system with a LTO6 drive for around $3300, so I may want to do that. It seems like 714 hours is pretty low. Has anybody tried to replace the mechanism themselves? I used to do that on an old SDLT loaded without any issues, but this one seems to be a little tighter. Oh, I have cleaned the drive when it requests it, and I use quantum brand media. I am getting this error on all of the brand new tapes that I have tried, so I doubt it is the media. MD -- MATT DALY chief scientist// LEVIATHAN ------------------------------------------------ W 312.878.1500  | M 773.294.3977| lvthn.com

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posted by John Hickson on Jan. 8, 2014, 12:37 p.m.

All, We are looking for more people to volunteer and help get more StudioSysAdmins meetings for 2014!  This year we plan on having events at both NAB and SIGGRAPH as well. We currently do not have anyone in the San Francisco/Bay area. Jaime Gago can no longer do it - We thank Jaimie for his help in the past and wish him the best of luck. If you are interested in helping out in your city, or if we can use your space to hold meetings, please contact me and let me know. john.hickson@studiosysadmins.com   In February will be holding meetings in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, New York, and Sydney - confirmation and details are being worked on now.   We are also open to any ideas on how to get more people out to meetings so your feedback is always welcome...   Thank you; John Hickson

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All, We are looking for more people to volunteer and help get more StudioSysAdmins meetings for 2014!  This year we plan on having events at both NAB and SIGGRAPH as well. We currently do not have anyone in the San Francisco/Bay area. Jaime Gago can no longer do it - We thank Jaimie for his help in the past and wish him the best of luck. If you are interested in helping out in your city, or if we can use your space to hold meetings, please contact me and let me know. john.hickson@studiosysadmins.com   In February will be holding meetings in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, New York, and Sydney - confirmation and details are being worked on now.   We are also open to any ideas on how to get more people out to meetings so your feedback is always welcome...   Thank you; John Hickson

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posted by Klaus Steden on Jan. 8, 2014, 6:45 p.m. (1 day ago)

http://www.theonion.com/articles/ultrahd-4k-televisions-replacing-3d-tvs-in-stores,34889/ cheers, Klaus To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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posted by Brian Krusic on Jan. 8, 2014, 9:15 p.m. (1 day ago)

Hi, We've a Titan 3200 with 6xRC16 shelves (96x400GB FC drives) and 6xRS12 shelves (48x600GB SAS drives and 24x1TB NLSAS drives). Includes data migrator license. Hit me off list for more details. I'll have pics and deeper description on the Studio Sys Admin for sale section. - Brian SoCals #1 Sandpaper Superstore. More Grit For Less Green.

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Hi, We've a Titan 3200 with 6xRC16 shelves (96x400GB FC drives) and 6xRS12 shelves (48x600GB SAS drives and 24x1TB NLSAS drives). Includes data migrator license. Hit me off list for more details. I'll have pics and deeper description on the Studio Sys Admin for sale section. - Brian SoCals #1 Sandpaper Superstore. More Grit For Less Green.

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posted by Wayne Chang on Jan. 9, 2014, 2:55 a.m.

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posted by Rob LaRose on Jan. 9, 2014, 9:55 a.m.

Anybody know where one can obtain a box that plays BluRay discs from any ol' region A/B/C?  I was suckered into buying one off the shelf that turned out to be "A" only, and have been told since that no manufacturer makes/sells a region-free in North America. Are these lies, damned lies, or....?   --Rob rob larose | engineer | rock paper scissors | 212-255-6446 | www.rockpaperscissors.com **NOTE OUR NEW STREET ADDRESS: 245 Fifth Ave, 23rd Fl, New York, NY 10016. Our billing and remittance stays the same

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Anybody know where one can obtain a box that plays BluRay discs from any ol' region A/B/C?  I was suckered into buying one off the shelf that turned out to be "A" only, and have been told since that no manufacturer makes/sells a region-free in North America. Are these lies, damned lies, or....?   --Rob rob larose | engineer | rock paper scissors | 212-255-6446 | www.rockpaperscissors.com **NOTE OUR NEW STREET ADDRESS: 245 Fifth Ave, 23rd Fl, New York, NY 10016. Our billing and remittance stays the same

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posted by Tommy Nikjoo on Jan. 9, 2014, 10:20 a.m.

Hi All, What are you all using general playback of QT's in Linux?  We're currently using DJV, but finding that this changes the colors slightly.  And is there anything that will playback Avid DNxHD 175? Thanks, Tommy Tommy Nikjoo ----------------------------------------- Systems Administrator The Senate Visual Effects Ltd Twickenham Film Studios St.Margarets TW1 2AW t: 0208 607 8868 On 9 Jan 2014, at 14:53, Rob LaRose wrote: Anybody know where one can obtain a box that plays BluRay discs from any ol' region A/B/C?  I was suckered into buying one off the shelf that turned out to be "A" only, and have been told since that no manufacturer makes/sells a region-free in North America. Are these lies, damned lies, or....?   --Rob rob larose | engineer | rock paper scissors | 212-255-6446 | www.rockpaperscissors.com **NOTE OUR NEW STREET ADDRESS: 245 Fifth Ave, 23rd Fl, New York, NY 10016. Our billing and remittance stays the same To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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Hi All, What are you all using general playback of QT's in Linux?  We're currently using DJV, but finding that this changes the colors slightly.  And is there anything that will playback Avid DNxHD 175? Thanks, Tommy Tommy Nikjoo ----------------------------------------- Systems Administrator The Senate Visual Effects Ltd Twickenham Film Studios St.Margarets TW1 2AW t: 0208 607 8868 On 9 Jan 2014, at 14:53, Rob LaRose wrote: Anybody know where one can obtain a box that plays BluRay discs from any ol' region A/B/C?  I was suckered into buying one off the shelf that turned out to be "A" only, and have been told since that no manufacturer makes/sells a region-free in North America. Are these lies, damned lies, or....?   --Rob rob larose | engineer | rock paper scissors | 212-255-6446 | www.rockpaperscissors.com **NOTE OUR NEW STREET ADDRESS: 245 Fifth Ave, 23rd Fl, New York, NY 10016. Our billing and remittance stays the same To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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posted by Derrick MacPherson on Jan. 9, 2014, 1:15 p.m.

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2014/01/the-open-office-trap.html

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posted by Greg Whynott on Jan. 9, 2014, 2:50 p.m.

anyone using zones on solaris (jails on bsd) instead of a VM solution? I'm thinking of migrating some services off our vm cluster onto a solaris box and using zones. Linux has something similar (containers) but linux is late coming to the game, so it'll need some time probably, just like ZFS on linux. (poke) if so what has your experience been thus far? -g

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anyone using zones on solaris (jails on bsd) instead of a VM solution? I'm thinking of migrating some services off our vm cluster onto a solaris box and using zones. Linux has something similar (containers) but linux is late coming to the game, so it'll need some time probably, just like ZFS on linux. (poke) if so what has your experience been thus far? -g

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posted by Eppie Tong on Jan. 9, 2014, 3:15 p.m.

I am wondering if anyone else have this problem and love to hear input on this. We installed Argyll version 1.6.1 and dispcalgui 1.5.3.1 on our Fedora 14 and using a i1 Mcbeath probe to calibrate our DreamColours. What I was told was that all DreamColours have poor purity performance. Without exception the displays exhibit various hues over the viewing surface. This isnt rare but to have this purity issue spread right across the center viewing area is a problem for our application. Our 24" Dell monitors, which is way cheaper than the DreamColours had better performance on this category.  Eppie

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I am wondering if anyone else have this problem and love to hear input on this. We installed Argyll version 1.6.1 and dispcalgui 1.5.3.1 on our Fedora 14 and using a i1 Mcbeath probe to calibrate our DreamColours. What I was told was that all DreamColours have poor purity performance. Without exception the displays exhibit various hues over the viewing surface. This isnt rare but to have this purity issue spread right across the center viewing area is a problem for our application. Our 24" Dell monitors, which is way cheaper than the DreamColours had better performance on this category.  Eppie

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posted by Saker Klippsten on Jan. 9, 2014, 3:40 p.m.

My BC HR Person is telling me "Vancouver (most studios) use 3DEqualizer." True or False. Tired of playing the game with Sr. Artists that threaten to leave unless they get the software of their choosing.. I say let the door hit'em on the way out. We use Syntheyes and PFtrack for 95% of the tracking. -S

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My BC HR Person is telling me "Vancouver (most studios) use 3DEqualizer." True or False. Tired of playing the game with Sr. Artists that threaten to leave unless they get the software of their choosing.. I say let the door hit'em on the way out. We use Syntheyes and PFtrack for 95% of the tracking. -S

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posted by Jeff Yana on Jan. 10, 2014, 3 p.m.

Heads up to those thinking about moving to Maya 2014 on Linux using MRFM. After a good deal of head thrashing yesterday, wasting n+ number of hours troubleshooting and parsing through cryptic render output, it was brought to my attention by Autodesk TAC that MRFM is no longer a default install when installing the Maya 2014 binary (rpm). The official explanation for its removal is easier, faster development times for Maya. The real reason of course is because Mental Ray is headed for extinction as the 3d hordes migrate away from MR over to Vray. jy To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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Heads up to those thinking about moving to Maya 2014 on Linux using MRFM. After a good deal of head thrashing yesterday, wasting n+ number of hours troubleshooting and parsing through cryptic render output, it was brought to my attention by Autodesk TAC that MRFM is no longer a default install when installing the Maya 2014 binary (rpm). The official explanation for its removal is easier, faster development times for Maya. The real reason of course is because Mental Ray is headed for extinction as the 3d hordes migrate away from MR over to Vray. jy To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe

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posted by Jathavan Sriram on Jan. 11, 2014, 8:50 a.m. (1 day ago)

Quite interesting read on filesystem performance of popular virtual machines http://mitchellh.com/comparing-filesystem-performance-in-virtual-machines -- /////////////////////////// /////////////////////////// //////////////////// JATHAVAN SRIRAM HARVEST / DIGITAL AGRICULTURE GMBH Alter Wandrahm 8-9 20457 Hamburg Phone: +49 (0)40.411 880-518 sriram@harvest-postproduction.com www.harvest-postproduction.com Managing Director: Florian Arlart Trade register: Harvest Digital Agriculture GmbH, HRB 121482 The contents of this email are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us as soon as possible: you should not copy, forward, disclose or use the contents. Start may monitor outgoing and incoming mail for business purposes.

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Quite interesting read on filesystem performance of popular virtual machines http://mitchellh.com/comparing-filesystem-performance-in-virtual-machines -- /////////////////////////// /////////////////////////// //////////////////// JATHAVAN SRIRAM HARVEST / DIGITAL AGRICULTURE GMBH Alter Wandrahm 8-9 20457 Hamburg Phone: +49 (0)40.411 880-518 sriram@harvest-postproduction.com www.harvest-postproduction.com Managing Director: Florian Arlart Trade register: Harvest Digital Agriculture GmbH, HRB 121482 The contents of this email are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us as soon as possible: you should not copy, forward, disclose or use the contents. Start may monitor outgoing and incoming mail for business purposes.

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posted by Steve Ovens on Jan. 11, 2014, 10:50 a.m. (1 day ago)

Interesting that VirtualBox Native performance was so different from VMWare native performance On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Jathavan Sriram <sriram@harvest-postproduction.com> wrote: Quite interesting read on filesystem performance of popular virtual machines http://mitchellh.com/comparing-filesystem-performance-in-virtual-machines -- /////////////////////////// /////////////////////////// //////////////////// JATHAVAN SRIRAM HARVEST / DIGITAL AGRICULTURE GMBH Alter Wandrahm 8-9 20457 Hamburg Phone: +49 (0)40.411 880-518 sriram@harvest-postproduction.com www.harvest-postproduction.com Managing Director: Florian Arlart Trade register: Harvest Digital Agriculture GmbH, HRB 121482 The contents of this email are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us as soon as possible: you should not copy, forward, disclose or use the contents. Start may monitor outgoing and incoming mail for business purposes. To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe -- Red Hat Certified Engineer Ubuntu Certified Professional Novell Datacenter Specialist Novell Certified Linux Administrator LPIC-1 Certified Linux+ Certified

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Interesting that VirtualBox Native performance was so different from VMWare native performance On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Jathavan Sriram <sriram@harvest-postproduction.com> wrote: Quite interesting read on filesystem performance of popular virtual machines http://mitchellh.com/comparing-filesystem-performance-in-virtual-machines -- /////////////////////////// /////////////////////////// //////////////////// JATHAVAN SRIRAM HARVEST / DIGITAL AGRICULTURE GMBH Alter Wandrahm 8-9 20457 Hamburg Phone: +49 (0)40.411 880-518 sriram@harvest-postproduction.com www.harvest-postproduction.com Managing Director: Florian Arlart Trade register: Harvest Digital Agriculture GmbH, HRB 121482 The contents of this email are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us as soon as possible: you should not copy, forward, disclose or use the contents. Start may monitor outgoing and incoming mail for business purposes. To unsubscribe from the list send a blank e-mail to mailto:studiosysadmins-discuss-request@studiosysadmins.com?subject=unsubscribe -- Red Hat Certified Engineer Ubuntu Certified Professional Novell Datacenter Specialist Novell Certified Linux Administrator LPIC-1 Certified Linux+ Certified

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PfSense - Changing LAN IP and Subnet Range

posted by Bobby Jain on Jan. 12, 2014, 3:05 p.m.

Hello! I am trying to switch over our internet network from 192.168.1.0/24 to 192.168.20.0/24. This is in the hopes of having better network compatibility for VPN road warriors. PfSense version: 2.0.1 Old LAN interface: 192.168.1.1 New LAN interface: 192.168.20.1 I can successfully change the IP address of the LAN interface, but when I do, none of my internal traffic is routed to the outside world anymore. The PfSense router can ping our ISP's default gateway, as well as google and any other servers on the internet. But using a computer from the inside, I cannot ping anything by IP or hostname outside of our network. I can ping the new LAN IP internally without issue, and even load the web interface. When I change the IP of the LAN interface back, everything works as it should. I have tried: - rebooting the box - installing a new interface and assigning the new IP - different subnet range Has anybody else tried this with pfsense?

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Hello! I am trying to switch over our internet network from 192.168.1.0/24 to 192.168.20.0/24. This is in the hopes of having better network compatibility for VPN road warriors. PfSense version: 2.0.1 Old LAN interface: 192.168.1.1 New LAN interface: 192.168.20.1 I can successfully change the IP address of the LAN interface, but when I do, none of my internal traffic is routed to the outside world anymore. The PfSense router can ping our ISP's default gateway, as well as google and any other servers on the internet. But using a computer from the inside, I cannot ping anything by IP or hostname outside of our network. I can ping the new LAN IP internally without issue, and even load the web interface. When I change the IP of the LAN interface back, everything works as it should. I have tried: - rebooting the box - installing a new interface and assigning the new IP - different subnet range Has anybody else tried this with pfsense?

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posted by Jathavan Sriram on Jan. 12, 2014, 5:10 p.m.

This paper (2013) is a good read for everyone using (Enterprise) SSDs in their facilities. https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/fast13/fast13-final80.pdf Summary of the findings: http://www.zdnet.com/how-ssd-power-faults-scramble-your-data-7000011979/ We use Intel SSDs in different Raid configurations for our StorNext Metadata - haven't experienced these problems so far - even with 2 major power outages last year (graceful shutdown was possible while UPS kicked in) Anyone having weird SSDs issues, maybe data loss after power faults? Cheers Jatha -- /////////////////////////// /////////////////////////// //////////////////// JATHAVAN SRIRAM HARVEST / DIGITAL AGRICULTURE GMBH Alter Wandrahm 8-9 20457 Hamburg Phone: +49 (0)40.411 880-518 sriram@harvest-postproduction.com www.harvest-postproduction.com Managing Director: Florian Arlart Trade register: Harvest Digital Agriculture GmbH, HRB 121482 The contents of this email are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us as soon as possible: you should not copy, forward, disclose or use the contents. Start may monitor outgoing and incoming mail for business purposes.

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This paper (2013) is a good read for everyone using (Enterprise) SSDs in their facilities. https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/fast13/fast13-final80.pdf Summary of the findings: http://www.zdnet.com/how-ssd-power-faults-scramble-your-data-7000011979/ We use Intel SSDs in different Raid configurations for our StorNext Metadata - haven't experienced these problems so far - even with 2 major power outages last year (graceful shutdown was possible while UPS kicked in) Anyone having weird SSDs issues, maybe data loss after power faults? Cheers Jatha -- /////////////////////////// /////////////////////////// //////////////////// JATHAVAN SRIRAM HARVEST / DIGITAL AGRICULTURE GMBH Alter Wandrahm 8-9 20457 Hamburg Phone: +49 (0)40.411 880-518 sriram@harvest-postproduction.com www.harvest-postproduction.com Managing Director: Florian Arlart Trade register: Harvest Digital Agriculture GmbH, HRB 121482 The contents of this email are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us as soon as possible: you should not copy, forward, disclose or use the contents. Start may monitor outgoing and incoming mail for business purposes.

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posted by Andreas Martin Aanerud on Jan. 13, 2014, 6:30 a.m.

Good day, happy new year to all, for me it where a start on a new chapter, and a new exiting job =) The new job, got me some new challenges, and I love it, but a small question where raised. They are today using a FC Apple Xsan, with a Active Storage shelf, and a Qlogic FC switch. its Atto 4gbit FC cards on the clients, so not quite fast, but good enough for our use. (AE Projects) So for an upgrade of Storage, I did contact Active Storage, and they offered a SAS expander, but they also said that we only could expand with one SAS shelf. so thats a bit short, for our expansion ideas. Then a solution I though of where FreeNAS / Nexentra setup with an ISCSI Share to the AppleXsan, and then do the Xsan sharing. Its sounds so sketchy that I shivered by thinking of it, but it might do the trick. Does anyone have a similar solution, or hopefully a better ? Best Andreas -- _____________________________ Andreas Martin Aanerud, ing. Cell: + 47 90978137 email: a.m.aanerud@gmail.com

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Good day, happy new year to all, for me it where a start on a new chapter, and a new exiting job =) The new job, got me some new challenges, and I love it, but a small question where raised. They are today using a FC Apple Xsan, with a Active Storage shelf, and a Qlogic FC switch. its Atto 4gbit FC cards on the clients, so not quite fast, but good enough for our use. (AE Projects) So for an upgrade of Storage, I did contact Active Storage, and they offered a SAS expander, but they also said that we only could expand with one SAS shelf. so thats a bit short, for our expansion ideas. Then a solution I though of where FreeNAS / Nexentra setup with an ISCSI Share to the AppleXsan, and then do the Xsan sharing. Its sounds so sketchy that I shivered by thinking of it, but it might do the trick. Does anyone have a similar solution, or hopefully a better ? Best Andreas -- _____________________________ Andreas Martin Aanerud, ing. Cell: + 47 90978137 email: a.m.aanerud@gmail.com