The Importance of Data in Digital Business Transformation

In this digital era, almost all documents can be stored in the form of digital data for operational savings and easier data access. In addition, digital data storage can also optimize data analysis on a regular basis to help companies develop their business. However, as a business grows, more and more data is collected and needs to be stored. So, activity backup or data backup is even more important to do. As a company, the destruction of data that has been painstakingly collected over a long period of time can be a painful nightmare. Therefore, discipline in doing backup data periodically must be a concern of business actors.

Synology's Automated Data Backup Solution

With the large amount of data and the larger data size, every backup activity requires special attention. If the backup is done manually on a regular basis, then a special staff is needed to do this (usually the System Administrator/Sysadmin). However, in digital business transformation, automation is one of the important things to make the company's performance more effective and efficient.

Currently on the market there are various vendors for backup. However, the costs incurred are quite large because they charge a fee for each CPU sockets/ VM hosts (system) or for license fee. One of the more cost-effective solutions for automated data backup is Synology's Active Backup for Business (ABB). This service is a software solution that is integrated with hardware products such as NAS (Network Attached Storage) which is also offered by Synology, so IT admins don't have to use a lot development to manage data backups.

Synology offers many advantages by using ABB for companies, both small and micro, to large companies. With free license and without subscription fees, the costs incurred are only for hardware only. The features available through the use of various technologies in Active Backup for Business also make this service very beneficial for users. Here we present some of the advantages of using ABB from Synology.

1. Save Storage Space with Global Deduplication

If your company processes large amounts of data, this feature can be very useful as it allows you to reduce the size of the data stored on storage devices. This feature is very useful for saving data capacity because if there are identical data blocks, the system will intelligently only store one data block. This feature runs automatically so you can easily back up all your devices without worrying about identical files.

2. Instant Restore to Synology Virtual Machine Manager

Integration between Active Backup for Business with Synology Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) is one of the solutions for users in disaster recovery (disaster recovery) when experiencing data loss/damage due to various things. Not only documents, the system can also restore previously backed up application data instantly in no time.

3. Save Backup Time with CBT Incremental Backup

The use of CBT (Change Block Tracking) technology is very useful for those of you who need backups quickly and without consuming storage too many. The way it works is by not backing up all data when the user performs regular backups. The system will intelligently analyze looking for identical data blocks between the backed up data and the data blocks that already exist in the storage device. So the system will only add additional data, without having to overwrite old data with new, identical data.

4. Centralized Management Dashboard

To make data management easier, Active Backup for Business is also equipped with a dashboard to monitor backup activity that can be accessed across platforms and devices. This feature is very useful for companies that run their operations in different regions, but with centralized data management. This feature also makes it easier for your company's IT team to quickly find the source of a problem so that it can be resolved more quickly.

Active Backup for Business services have been used by large companies to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of their companies with several recommended products such as RS1219+ (8 bays), RS2818RP+ (12 bays), or SA3400 (16 bays).

These products are also supported by Intel processors and have maximum capacities ranging from 192 TB to 1536 TB. Each of these products also has its own advantages so that it can meet various types of company needs. The following table compares the specifications of each of these superior products:

The benefits of this service are felt by SHISEIDO Taiwan, a multinational personal care company. Since 2018, they have been able to significantly shorten the backup process time and reduce the size of their data from 58TB to only 28TB, so that the use of server capacity becomes more efficient.

This service is also used by UNESCO, one of the United Nations specialized agencies engaged in education, science, and culture. Using this service, they can perform centralized backups of 50 PCs and servers, and can be monitored via a simple dashboard. In Indonesia, this service has also been used by TEKIRO Indonesia. Through Active Backup for Business, they were able to save about 60% in total storage and hundreds of millions of costs license fee.

Data is a very valuable thing. Because data is the core of a digitally transformed business. Data security and integrity are very important and need special attention for business people in general. So, automatic data backup solutions also need to be considered so that company activities can run more effectively and efficiently. If you need recommendations or further questions regarding Synology products, please fill out the form directly via the following link.

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