diff --git a/group_vars/metricspi/alerts.yml b/group_vars/metricspi/alerts.yml
index 9e57768..ac6faf1 100644
--- a/group_vars/metricspi/alerts.yml
+++ b/group_vars/metricspi/alerts.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,9 @@ vmalert_rules:
           date by a few weeks.
     - alert: disk needs archived
       expr:
-        collectd_md_md_disks{instance="burp1.pyrocufflink.blue", type="missing"} < 1
+        sum(
+          collectd_md_md_disks{instance="burp1.pyrocufflink.blue", type=~"missing|spare"}
+        ) < 1
       annotations:
         summary: One of the disks in the BURP array should be archived
         description: >-