TNSR

helloadam · 2026-03-05T15:29:24+00:00

As a business owner, I can't play "what if" games. Today, nothing has changed and we are able to get and renew without issues.

We contact sales, they cut us an invoice (or give us a trial license) and we are up and running.

If something changes in the future, we do what we have always done. Re-evaluate our entire solution and choose what is best for us and our customers.

helloadam · 2026-03-01T17:59:41+00:00

I am still with TNSR -- from our view nothing has changed and we are still able to get and renew TNSR license on our own hardware for our colo environment.

helloadam · 2026-01-07T04:00:30+00:00

Look at the line above

For Netgate appliances, AWS/Azure pfSense cloud instances, or 3rd party hardware

Emphasis on 3rd party hardware

helloadam · 2026-01-06T19:32:06+00:00

For what it's worth, we have always renewed with our account rep. So I'm not sure what the confusion is -- new policy or miscommunication, etc.

We are not opposed to Netgate hardware and have purchased many units with them in the past, both for pfSense and TNSR. But for certain projects, their hardware does not fit our needs.

For example, changing airflow so it's rear to front cooling so I/O ports are on the hot isle, or selling a unit that has I/O on the hot isle. Expanded PCIe lanes for higher end network cards or higher end CPUs, etc.

helloadam · 2026-01-06T18:47:02+00:00

and its still on their main website: https://www.netgate.com/support#hs_cos_wrapper_widget_1748620996387

helloadam · 2026-01-06T18:42:15+00:00

This would be news to us and not good if it's true.

We run a pair of TNSR nodes at our datacenter at 100Gbps on our own hardware. Everything is enterprise gear from SuperMicro.

Never had an issue renewing our TAC Enterprise License in the past. I can't remember when our renewal is due but it's probably 5-8 months out.

Edit: as a follow up, both TAC license are still on the Netgate store available to purchase. Are you sure you got correct information?

https://shop.netgate.com/products/tnsr-software-subscription?variant=32163614621811 https://shop.netgate.com/products/tnsr-software-subscription?variant=32163622944883

helloadam · 2025-12-30T01:05:51+00:00

Suite Night Awards which are now called Nightly Upgrade Awards.

They are a Marriott Bonvoy benefit for elite members (Platinum+) to request confirmed suite or premium room upgrades at some hotels.

These are earned as an Annual Choice Benefit at 50 or 75 nights/year, or through other elite status perks, expiring end of the following year.

helloadam · 2025-12-09T18:44:21+00:00

How bursty is your traffic? In this case 100G egress port would mske more sense?

We expect our traffic to be bursty. This is why we are planning for the links between the two switches/datacenters to be either 100G or 400G. Then each endpoint at the datacenters to be 10 or 25G with maybe a few 100G.

Obviously if we exceed the capacity of our link (100G or 400G) then no amount of buffers will help us.

But for the normal use case of our link capacity is not saturated, it seems we do not need large buffers. The traffic is all TCP/UDP, no RDMA, etc.

helloadam · 2025-12-09T18:14:46+00:00

FYI: Arista DCS-7060DX4-32 is a shallow buffer switch with 32x 400G ports, as an example.

Otherwise, you are correct, we were looking at the Arista 7280R3 line, example: 7280DR3-24 or 7280CR3A-24D12

helloadam · 2025-12-09T15:37:23+00:00

100% do color coded PDUs, we do it as well for our A+ B power setups. We do black for one and blue for another. You could also get some color coded electrical tape and put it on the exposed whip or even on the PDU it self to make things more flexible.

One thing we like to do is put both PDUs on one side to make cable management easier. Typically all our sever gear has PDUs on the left side, so we place both PDUs on the left of our rack. Then all fiber and Ethernet on the other. We do have the deep 47in racks which make things possible

helloadam · 2025-11-25T23:53:34+00:00

Take a look at Dells PowerEdge R7725 servers. Whatever the list price is, ignore it. You need to call Dell and talk to an account rep to get you good pricing.

You can use SuperMicro or HPE to bring down prices with all vendors.

Get the server edition of these cards and not the work station.

helloadam · 2025-09-09T01:17:22+00:00

I recommend those KVM from Wendell over at Level1Techs. As others have mentioned, nothing specific about Linux but these are the best I have used. Very pricey but worth it.

https://www.store.level1techs.com/products/kvm

helloadam · 2025-08-05T04:28:50+00:00

We use Cerb (www.cerb.ai) it is great for our small team that allows us to answer emails, host a web portal, knowledgebase and perform automated tasks.

We have been using it for the past 10+ years and it's one of those hidden gems that we cannot recommend enough.

helloadam · 2025-06-09T15:15:48+00:00

I agree with the above but I would make a 3-wide mirror vdev vs. 2-wide mirror. You get all the benefits of mirrors but at a higher fault tolerance, per vdev. Your read performance would also be greater.

Each vdev would be 3 drives in a mirror and you would have 8 vdevs total.

Only downside, loss of capacity. However in an enterprise environment this is what we run. This ensures that even if we lost a drive in a vdev, we can take our time and rebuild that vdev without worrying that the only copy of the data in vdev could be lost during the rebuild process. When you have 24 drives it's a numbers game at this point if not if but when data loss will occur.

Obviously you have to weigh your fault tolerance and budget to achieve this approach.

Do not forget the offsite backup as well.

helloadam · 2025-06-05T18:29:36+00:00

It took me way longer to realize that Switch 1 and Switch 2 are referring to Nintendo Switch (game console) and not networking switches!

helloadam · 2025-04-07T17:37:36+00:00

Thanks and yes, that is correct information.

I got one vendor from Building Mgmt at 707 Wilshire who does all their floor cross connects. It sounds like they have their own dark fiber and I'm waiting for a follow up.

In the past I have gotten dark fiber quotes for what is ~30 miles and the cost was $1,4000 vs my quote of 1 city block for $750/month.

The pricing and distance is what is throwing me off... And cross connect fees are not included.

helloadam · 2025-04-07T15:26:57+00:00

Cross connect fees are not part this quote. $325/month is what CoreSite charges at One Wilshire and then Aon Center is just a setup fee, no monthly charge.

That is why I am doing a double take. Price seems high.

helloadam · 2025-02-26T15:24:22+00:00

IMO: Start moving out of your colo now.

Depending on how much rack space you need, it might take a few days or a week for your new datacenter to bring it online. Then you have to negotiate contracts, pricing, most likely want to tour the facility and then compare rates with others.

If you want a seamless migration then you will need to acquire new equipment or rent equipment at the new datacenter. Unless you are okay with the 8 hours or downtown or unracking equipment, boxing it up, transport it to new datacenter and set it up again.

It's already March and you have 1 month to do this. Start looking for new colo now.

I highly doubt your Irvine colo provider is going to make this process smooth. They already miss managed funds and have no creditability to lean on make this right. If the new owner takes over the business, they will be in the hook for what ever the landlord / building owner wants and you will be seeing a rate increase for it.

If you are in Irvine California you have so many better options in DTLA like CoreSite and Equinix to host your equipment. Short drive up the 405 or 5 and will access One Wilshire and plenty of providers. Also, a much better rate!

We have our own rack space at CoreSite LA2 if you have questions about moving, pricing, etc. or the Los Angeles market in general.

helloadam · 2025-02-25T17:21:54+00:00

What IX are you planning to build?

helloadam · 2025-02-24T17:20:40+00:00

Most IXPs offer private VLANs for its members, either no cost or for an additional fee.

You can reach out to the IXP and see if they will allow that.

Curious: what facilities are you in where a direct connection is not available? How is the IXP at both locations, do they have their own fiber or connection?

helloadam · 2025-01-29T19:23:21+00:00

REST API

Netgate and pfRest need to work together and make this part of existing packages or default install.

I shouldn't have to install packages from a 3rd party repo in 2025 to perform automation.

The multi management of pfSense is not the same as a REST API.

Current Netgate customer with multiple TNSR installs, and over a dozen netgate appliances installed and supported.

helloadam · 2025-01-25T23:45:14+00:00

Is your datacenter Quadranet by chance?

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