From what I have been able to conclude, there are two principle DST fits.
A) Highsec. These are best fit with tank, and more of it the better.
The Impel is the last word in tank: up to 1.1M EHP for roughly 40 seconds. The Occator is second best with good utility (triple prop is a thing for some people) or dual prop with a good buffer. I don't like the shield DSTs, because their tank interferes with their prop mods. My DST uses dual prop with an afterburner for align time and a MJD for bumping immunity with just over 400k EHP. Any DST with less than 400k EHP for tank fit is not a good DST fit.
Another problem with shield DSTs is Pithum C-Type AIFs are rather expensive compared to even C-Type EANMs for the Impel and Occator.
Here's the best I could come up with. 408k EHP with everything overloaded and all V, 448k EHP with Genolution implant set with SM-705 implant.
Do not use CDFE rigs on ships with at least one shield extender module. You may elect to swap for RF LSEs depending on prices and how high you have trained SU. SU V is really nice on super tight fits.
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[Bustard, Bustard - Shield AB No Guns Buffer]
Power Diagnostic System II
Power Diagnostic System II
Damage Control II
10MN Y-S8 Compact Afterburner
Caldari Navy Large Shield Extender
Caldari Navy Large Shield Extender
Pithum C-Type Adaptive Invulnerability Field
Pithum C-Type Adaptive Invulnerability Field
Pith C-Type EM Ward Field
Improved Cloaking Device II
Core Probe Launcher I, Core Scanner Probe I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender II
Medium Core Defense Field Extender II
Prices for DSTs have gone up because of the costs of T2 materials. For that reason you should really invest in your tank. I spent about 2 days wrangling over my DST fit, and I'm pretty happy with it. There are three things that will scare me: Tornados on the ingate (multiple), bomber blobs and Caracal ganks. Through my research I found multiple references to a particular
character who multiboxes (see other characters on any good DST kill) the Rammstein Gang usually near Niarja and specializes in ganking DSTs. He made me sit up straight and seriously think about my tank.
DSTs which rely on the cloak + MWD trick are
not immune to a proper setup involving a decloaker. People forget that industrials are slow, and they don't move very much from their initial spawn point on the gate, so they're easy to decloak. Blockade runners are different.
B) Lowsec, Nullsec and W-space.
For these areas of space you should focus on evasion or evasion with an okay tank. The Occator is the best for these areas (people seem to like the triple prop setup for some reason), but this page isn't about it, so I won't get into that. The Mastadon is probably the worst, because of its shield tank but has too many lows.
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[Bustard, Bustard - Shield Dual Prop No Guns Evasion Focus]
Damage Control II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II
50MN Quad LiF Restrained Microwarpdrive
Medium Micro Jump Drive
Cetus Scoped Burst Jammer
Pithum B-Type EM Ward Amplifier
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Improved Cloaking Device II
Core Probe Launcher I
Medium Ancillary Current Router II
Medium Ancillary Current Router II
When using a DST in these quarters of space you should go escorted. A basic Derptron or my favorite Slasher is an excellent choice to go ahead, then either a Caracal if you're going cheap; the Osprey Navy Issue makes a decent escort ship to fend off interceptors and cloaky dictors. DSTs like these are best used to haul stuff like cruiser hulls and other annoying things that won't fit in a Blockade Runner and you can't get someone to JF or cargo Rorqual it out. If it's just about 10k m3, a low/W-space/nullsec fitted blockade runner is probably a much better choice, particularly if you can sort out a bridge with a BLOPs.
Another option would be to fit up with a minor tank and a cyno if you're operating in places where your favorite large nullsec bloc lives, but I'd rather have it escorted by something else that can carry the cyno because it's kind of bad to get stuck there on grid for 10 minutes with 5b in your hold even with triage on field. Okay BB probably won't be able to cook your 400k EHP DST with a triage carrier on field, but when things escalate real bad it's best for non-combat ships to not be there.