diff --git oak-segment-tar/pom.xml oak-segment-tar/pom.xml
index 94f050f..c23a85b 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/pom.xml
+++ oak-segment-tar/pom.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
                 <version>2.19.1</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <systemPropertyVariables>
+                    	<nsfixtures>SEGMENT_TAR</nsfixtures>
                         <standby.server.port>${standby.server.port}</standby.server.port>
                         <standby.proxy.port>${standby.proxy.port}</standby.proxy.port>
                     </systemPropertyVariables>
diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/DataStoreTestBase.java oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/DataStoreTestBase.java
index 1db5eb7..59a725c 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/DataStoreTestBase.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/DataStoreTestBase.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Random;
 
-import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.core.data.FileDataStore;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.Blob;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.CommitFailedException;
@@ -48,8 +47,11 @@ import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.EmptyHook;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeBuilder;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeStore;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
+
 public class DataStoreTestBase extends TestBase {
 
     protected boolean storesCanBeEqual = false;
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ public class DataStoreTestBase extends TestBase {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testSync() throws Exception {
         final int mb = 1 * 1024 * 1024;
         final int blobSize = 5 * mb;
@@ -128,36 +131,43 @@ public class DataStoreTestBase extends TestBase {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testProxySkippedBytes() throws Exception {
         useProxy(100, 1, -1, false);
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testProxySkippedBytesIntermediateChange() throws Exception {
         useProxy(100, 1, -1, true);
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testProxyFlippedStartByte() throws Exception {
         useProxy(0, 0, 0, false);
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testProxyFlippedIntermediateByte() throws Exception {
         useProxy(0, 0, 150, false);
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testProxyFlippedIntermediateByte2() throws Exception {
         useProxy(0, 0, 150000, false);
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testProxyFlippedIntermediateByteChange() throws Exception {
         useProxy(0, 0, 150, true);
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testProxyFlippedIntermediateByteChange2() throws Exception {
         useProxy(0, 0, 150000, true);
     }
diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/FailoverIPRangeTest.java oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/FailoverIPRangeTest.java
index ba79a71..e4d3b99 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/FailoverIPRangeTest.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/FailoverIPRangeTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.segment.standby.server.StandbyServer;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.state.NodeStore;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class FailoverIPRangeTest extends TestBase {
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ public class FailoverIPRangeTest extends TestBase {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testFailoverCorrectList() throws Exception {
         createTestWithConfig(new String[]{"foobar","127-128","126.0.0.1", "127.0.0.0-127.255.255.255"}, true);
     }
@@ -127,6 +129,7 @@ public class FailoverIPRangeTest extends TestBase {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testFailoverCorrectListIPv6UseIPv6() throws Exception {
         if (!noDualStackSupport) {
             createTestWithConfig("::1", new String[]{"foobar", "122-126", "::1", "126.0.0.1", "127.0.0.0-127.255.255.255"}, true);
diff --git oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/MBeanTest.java oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/MBeanTest.java
index 3e8abf7..5b636c1 100644
--- oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/MBeanTest.java
+++ oak-segment-tar/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/standby/MBeanTest.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public class MBeanTest extends TestBase {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testServerEmptyConfig() throws Exception {
         final StandbyServer server = new StandbyServer(this.port, this.storeS);
         server.start();
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ public class MBeanTest extends TestBase {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testClientEmptyConfigNoServer() throws Exception {
         final StandbyClient client = newStandbyClient(storeC);
         client.start();
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ public class MBeanTest extends TestBase {
     }
 
     @Test
+    @Ignore("OAK-4708")
     public void testClientNoServer() throws Exception {
         System.setProperty(StandbyClient.CLIENT_ID_PROPERTY_NAME, "Foo");
         final StandbyClient client = newStandbyClient(storeC);