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I was originally going to go with 10 drives plus 1 spare and no SLOG drive. Then I remembered I had new SSDs laying around for a couple years and my OCD would go nuts knowing I had unfilled bays... so I put HDs in them since I bought a couple extras as emergency spares in case of failure

One thing i was considering going forward was getting amazon refurb drives and getting the ~$200/year asurion insurance for all amazon purchases. It might not be worth it if you don't spend much on amazon but if you do, it looks like a great value. A friend of mine has a toddler who's only hobby is breaking expensive things and he has saved a lot of money with the insurance.

Thanks for the follow up - always super helpful for users to be able to search for problems and find posted resolutions.