[SOLVED] what would you have liked to know before set up a computer

[protter]

i have put together my first PC, and would like to know what your opinion is about.
I can only think of
Antivirus system
Backup
-Raid system
Encryption


are there any other points to consider?

 

[USAFRet]

Why RAID?

 

[protter]

i thought a raid 1 system as a data grab and storage hard drive with 1TB should prevent me from forgetting a backup. then i can do it comfortably monthly. but if a disk breaks i still have disk number 2

 

[USAFRet]

i thought a raid 1 system as a data grab and storage hard drive with 1TB should prevent me from forgetting a backup. then i can do it comfortably monthly. but if a disk breaks i still have disk number 2

RAID is for Uptime, not a backup.
Counterintuitively, it is not for data security. A RAID 1 mirror, the user and the OS sees one instance of a file. Delete it, and it is gone.

A real backup scenario will keep data off on some other physical drive, and not directly mirrored.
Current backup and Imaging software can be all automated. You can't "forget".

That is the whole basis of my personal backup routine.

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

forums.tomshardware.com

Every drive gets an Incremental Image saved every night. Keep for a rolling 30 days. (or whatever time you feel comfortable with)
This can be done with a NAS box, or even just a couple of external HDDs.