• Disks that can fail. I can lose 2 and be okay. That gives me time to swap in my spare or order a new one. For a home user imo 2 drive redundancy is plenty but 3 for a 6 drive mirror was too much. These things aren’t cheap!

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      These things aren’t cheap!

      I am learning this now, especially since I will buy several of them.

      This will be my most expensive computer I own by far…

      But I am trying to buy reliable parts to last me 10+ years and possibly beyond…