Thank you to everyone who gave advice on my most recent post!!
I made a post a few days ago asking if I should get WD Red Pro drives I found for cheaper than Seagate Ironwolf pro drives with more storage.
The consensus among most people was nobody had any bad experiences with WD, even if Seagate was generally higher quality, I should still get the WD since it was an extra 6TB for 50$ less.
Well I checked my order today, and as of yesterday, the price on those WD drives has gone up OVER 140$ EACH!
So thankful for the input I got when I did. It was able to give me the confidence to pull that trigger and saved me almost 300$ lmao.