Synology Solutions for Explosive Enterprise Data Growth

Turning Enterprise Data Chaos into a Strategic Asset

Enterprises are facing huge data management needs as every department, device, and SaaS platform generates more information than traditional storage and backup tools can safely handle. Unstructured files, databases, email, logs, and media must all be retained, protected, and made instantly available to users and applications. At the same time, IT is expected to cut complexity, improve performance, and meet strict compliance and cybersecurity requirements.

Synology’s enterprise storage and backup platforms are designed to address exactly these pressures, combining centralized storage, hybrid cloud, and resilient data protection in one integrated ecosystem. When implemented with a clear data strategy, they give enterprises a way to turn chaotic data growth into a predictable, governed, and highly available resource.

Why Enterprise Data Management Has Become So Difficult

Exploding Volumes and Fragmented Storage

Enterprise data no longer lives in a single server room. It’s spread across branch offices, laptops, cloud applications, and multiple storage vendors. This fragmentation leads to:

• Duplicate and outdated data copies

• Inconsistent access and permissions

• High storage and backup licensing costs

• Difficult recovery when something goes wrong

Synology’s enterprise storage platform consolidates file and block workloads into a single, unified storage fabric that integrates with existing infrastructure, delivering flexible file services, off-site backups, and disaster recovery in one environment.

Hybrid Work, Edge Devices, and Remote Sites

Hybrid work and distributed teams require secure access to data from anywhere. Synology’s global hybrid cloud approach combines on-premises appliances with services like C2 Storage and Hybrid Share, enabling remote teams to work on centralized data with edge-accelerated performance and fine-grained permission controls.

Rising Cyber Threats and Regulatory Pressure

Ransomware, insider misuse, and misconfigurations can all lead to data loss and downtime. Regulations now require robust retention policies, immutable storage, and auditable recovery workflows. Synology’s enterprise backup and storage stack adds immutable storage, WriteOnce shared folders, and advanced backup orchestration to help organizations meet retention mandates while improving cyber resilience.

Synology’s 3 Key, Effective Solutions for Enterprise Data

1. Centralized Enterprise Storage Built for Growth

We start by consolidating siloed file servers, ad-hoc NAS units, and scattered shares into Synology’s enterprise storage platform. This gives IT a single pane of glass to provision storage, monitor performance, and enforce access policies across departments and locations.

Key capabilities include:

• Versatile file and block storage to support SMB, NFS, iSCSI, and container workloads without separate islands of infrastructure.

• Simply scalable architecture that grows in capacity and performance alongside business needs instead of forcing forklift upgrades.

• Compliance-first design, including immutable storage and write-once folders to support governance, legal hold, and anti-ransomware strategies.

This centralized foundation reduces sprawl, simplifies capacity planning, and gives enterprises a reliable platform on which to build long-term data strategies.

2. Unified Backup with Active Backup Suite and ActiveProtect

Once storage is under control, the next step is protecting every workload with a single, consistent backup strategy. Synology’s Active Backup Suite delivers license-free, centralized backup for Windows and Linux servers, PCs, virtual machines, and SaaS services such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, all to a Synology appliance.

Highlights:

• Centralized management console to configure, monitor, and audit backups for hundreds of devices and cloud tenants from one place.

• Incremental backups and global deduplication to cut backup windows and reduce storage consumption, even with large datasets.

• Granular, self-service restores that let admins or users quickly recover files, mailboxes, or entire systems without complex workflows.

For larger environments, Synology’s ActiveProtect appliances extend this approach into a dedicated, enterprise-grade backup platform. ActiveProtect centralizes protection for on-premises workloads and SaaS, supports the 3-2-1-1-0 backup strategy with immutable off-site copies, and uses a transparent, one-time purchase model rather than per-workload licensing.

3. Security, Resilience, and Governance by Design

The third key solution is embedding security, resilience, and governance into day-to-day operations rather than treating them as add-ons. Synology’s enterprise stack enables:

• Zero-trust-friendly access control, with AD/LDAP/NIS integration and multi-factor authentication for storage and backup portals.

• Immutable and air-gapped backups, using secondary appliances, snapshots, and write-once policies to protect against ransomware and insider threats.

• Detailed logging and reporting, providing auditable trails of backup jobs, restorations, and configuration changes for compliance and internal governance.

By aligning storage, backup, and security, enterprises reduce recovery time objectives (RTOs), improve recovery point objectives (RPOs), and satisfy auditors with clear, repeatable processes.

How Epis Technology Delivers Synology-Powered Data Management

Epis Technology specializes in building end-to-end data protection architectures around Synology solutions for organizations that cannot afford downtime or data loss. Our team designs and deploys Synology NAS and ActiveProtect appliances sized to your workloads, integrates Active Backup Suite for servers, endpoints, and SaaS platforms, and connects everything to Synology C2 or other clouds for off-site resilience. We manage migrations from legacy storage, fine-tune backup policies, and implement 3-2-1-1-0 strategies tailored to your compliance needs. Ongoing monitoring, testing, and optimization ensure your Synology environment continues to protect and serve your critical data as volumes grow and threats evolve.

A Practical Enterprise Data Management Blueprint

Step-by-Step Synology-Centric Strategy

1. Assess and classify data – Identify where data lives, who owns it, and what regulatory or retention rules apply.

2. Consolidate onto Synology enterprise storage – Migrate file servers, department NAS devices, and shared drives into a unified Synology environment.

3. Centralize backup with Active Backup Suite and/or ActiveProtect – Bring physical, virtual, and SaaS workloads under a single protection policy and console.

4. Implement hybrid cloud and off-site protection – Use Synology C2 or remote sites to keep secondary, immutable backup copies off-site.

5. Embed security and governance – Enforce MFA, role-based access, immutable shares, and detailed logging to align with internal policies and external regulations.

6. Continuously test and optimize – Regularly run recovery drills, capacity planning, and performance reviews to keep pace with data growth and new threats.

From Data Burden to Competitive Advantage

Enterprises that continue relying on fragmented file servers and point backup tools will see costs, risks, and complexity spiral out of control. By adopting Synology’s enterprise storage, unified backup, and integrated security capabilities implemented and tuned by Epis Technology, organizations gain a scalable, compliant, and cyber-resilient data platform. Instead of constantly reacting to crises, IT can turn data growth into an asset that supports analytics, innovation, and long-term business success.