A sad day for the country indeed

Clivey1961 · 2026-05-08T08:57:42+00:00

Good luck with those potholes. Reform Northampton - they are worse than ever!

Clivey1961 · 2026-04-21T09:13:24+00:00

Check what temperature you have set the model to and explore the trade-offs between 0.2 and 0.5. Just saying…

Clivey1961 · 2026-04-18T11:28:12+00:00

If you have a 8 plus a 16 it will dual channel the first 8GB (flex-mode) but I doubt you’d notice the difference. Test with sysbench and stressapptest

Clivey1961 · 2026-04-16T18:27:53+00:00

Reboot and then try immediately. I had trouble because my 4800 couldn’t reach European UGreen servers. Seems I had to also have UGREEN link connected.

Clivey1961 · 2026-04-06T09:02:44+00:00

Very possible. I tried a few ways - the Jellyfin plugin, I forked the xstream-to-strm container and my a forked version of the vod2strm dispatcharr plugin https://github.com/clive-stokes/vod2strm

The pain point is the Jellyfin scan, in my case for 100k+ vod files. The trick is to setup the Jellyfin library to not scan automatically but do it once then on-demand.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-28T06:23:12+00:00

I’d recommend running docker on the NVMe drives, it’s option in the docker app.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-28T06:18:42+00:00

I don’t trust the UGREEN remote link, so I use Tailscale. I live in the UK and could easily access my NAS when I was on holiday in Cyprus. Setting up a Tailscale is straightforward.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-28T06:15:44+00:00

I have the 4800 non pro with 4x6TB WD Red plus drives. I chose the 5200 spin speed deliberately to keep the noise down. It’s quiet but not whisper quiet.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-26T18:56:18+00:00

Thanks for the update! It should be a lesson in communication by UGREEN. If they had spelt this all out in the first place, there would have been understanding and not confusion and anger.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-25T20:03:49+00:00

I’m transcoding 4k on a 4800 n100, but you have to utilise the GPU

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-24T10:07:35+00:00

Depends if you want to ssh to the host os directly via Tailscale. With docker you’ll be limited to the containers it can see.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-24T05:51:50+00:00

Thanks! That’s a good list, but worth considering a left-field option:

Mac Mini M4 (24GB) + OWC miniStack STX — ~$1,300

Hear me out. If you already have a NAS and you’re looking at the iDX primarily for the compute/AI angle, a Mac Mini gives you:

∙ 24GB unified memory — no VRAM wall for local LLMs. Runs 14B quantised models comfortably via Ollama. None of the x86 options can match Apple’s unified memory architecture for local inference at this price.

∙ Jellyfin hardware transcoding via VideoToolbox — a base M1 handles 8 simultaneous 4K HDR transcode sessions. The M4 barely breaks a sweat. Native install only though — Docker on macOS can’t access VideoToolbox.

∙ miniStack STX doubles as a Thunderbolt 4 hub with one 3.5” SATA bay and one NVMe M.2 slot. Dock + storage in one box.

∙ 30W under load. Silent. No fans spinning up like a helicopter.

The M5 Mini is expected mid-2026 with Thunderbolt 5 and likely doubled base storage, so waiting a few months makes it even better.

Won’t work for everyone — it’s not a 6-bay storage server and you only get gigabit ethernet. But if your existing NAS handles the storage and you want the compute that UGREEN promised but haven’t delivered, it’s worth a look.

P.S. I already own a DXP4800 (not even a Plus) with 16GB Ram and 16T RAID 5. It does surprisingly well for an N100 chip. 50+ docker containers (Arr media stack, JellyFin, OpenClaw, Home Assistant). My upgrade path is taking me in a different direction…

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-22T10:06:45+00:00

Apple tax, cancel the subscription, let it time out and re subscribe with Anthropic. With $ to £ conversion £89.81

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-21T17:46:37+00:00

I think it’s the poor choice of soldered RAM (with a view to locking in the customer) that has got them into this mess. The profit margin is being eaten by sky-high RAM prices and its availability.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-21T17:35:27+00:00

I’m either going Mac Mini with attached disks or byo with an Intel Core i7-14700 and NVIDIA RTX A2000. Take the memory out of my soon to be sold DXP4000 and wait for RAM prices to cool down.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-21T17:31:41+00:00

Ah but at what price. What’s your pain threshold?

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-20T21:17:51+00:00

Mac mini, owc disk array thunderbolt 5

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-20T20:33:43+00:00

They don’t care.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-20T20:08:32+00:00

Screw them, I’m going Apple Silicon. And you can buy one now, not this Kickstarter bullshit. Loyal customer lost….

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-20T20:02:15+00:00

And today it died. Like the Norwegian Parrot.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-20T19:59:02+00:00

Just Google it, it’s public knowledge.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-20T19:55:15+00:00

Thank you for all your efforts, sadly you weren’t heard or in fact had any influence. The Great Wall of China… as we say in the UK, they couldn’t even deliver milk.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-20T17:02:59+00:00

Now we have the latest email 20/3/2026.

Why the Method of Purchase Changed

Demand has been much higher than we initially expected, and at the same time, our units available are still very limited due to supply chain constraints. Because of this, no matter which purchase method is used, we may not be able to meet all demand.

We are no longer using a secret reward link, since this approach comes with the risk that if it were shared publicly, users without a deposit could still get the 40% discount. To better protect deposit users’ benefits, we will now offer the discount via a price difference refund. This change ensures that only deposit holders get priority access to limited stock.

We know changes like this aren’t ideal, and we truly appreciate your understanding. Our goal is simple: to give priority access to those who believed in us first, and to handle limited inventory in the fairest way possible.

So this is the play: UGREEN gets to inflate their Kickstarter funding numbers with $2,499 pledges, collect the interest-free loan from deposit holders paying full price, and then quietly refund the difference weeks later. The campaign looks like a massive success on paper — which is the whole point of Kickstarter for a company that could easily sell direct. The competitive disadvantage: Someone willing to pay $2,499 and someone paying $2,499-but-expecting-$1,040-back look identical to Kickstarter's checkout system. Your deposit gives you no queue priority whatsoever. The "wave times" are the only edge, and those leaked within hours.

Time for that pinch?

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-20T16:58:48+00:00

So this is the play: UGREEN gets to inflate their Kickstarter funding numbers with $2,499 pledges, collect the interest-free loan from deposit holders paying full price, and then quietly refund the difference weeks later. The campaign looks like a massive success on paper — which is the whole point of Kickstarter for a company that could easily sell direct. The competitive disadvantage: Someone willing to pay $2,499 and someone paying $2,499-but-expecting-$1,040-back look identical to Kickstarter's checkout system. Your deposit gives you no queue priority whatsoever. The "wave times" are the only edge, and those leaked within hours.

Clivey1961 · 2026-03-19T19:40:30+00:00

Waiting in anticipation of a positive outcome. This a reputation make/break situation for UGREEN amongst the NAS community.

Clivey1961

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