Lan Kwai Fong Manages Exponential Data Growth with Synology Hybrid Cloud Solutions

As Lan Kwai Fong continues to grow in popularity and establish itself as a must-visit destination in Hong Kong, the LKF Association has experienced exponential data growth in creating promotional assets and documenting events. With over 100 professionals producing and managing digital assets across multiple devices and platforms, the lack of a centralized and efficient data solution has added complexity to managing production data.

Lan Kwai Fong sought a comprehensive solution to efficiently store, manage and protect daily production data across diverse endpoints—including physical servers, virtual environments, Mac devices, and SaaS platforms like M365.

Additionally, with its vibrant nightlife and constant customer flow, any service disruption could result in significant financial losses and reputational damage. Therefore, amid the rising wave of cyber threats, maintaining a restorable and immutable backup is essential to ensuring the business's cyber resilience.

To achieve the highest level of data protection, a hybrid cloud infrastructure was designed in alignment with the 3-2-1-1-0 backup strategy—maintaining three copies of data on two different media, with one copy stored offsite and one immutable, ensuring zero downtime.

After evaluating various options, LKF chose Synology for its all-in-one solution that avoided multiple integrations and costly licensing fees.

LKF implemented Synology’s highly scalable 12-bay SA3400 to centrally store and manage data across endpoints. The system’s built-in backup capabilities ensure robust data protection, while Snapshot Replication creates an immutable backup copy that safeguards data integrity. This backup is then replicated to another Synology server via a 10GbE connection and further secured in Synology C2 Storage with end-to-end encryption.

To accommodate future data growth, they deployed a highly scalable petabyte-level model with a dual power supply and RAID configuration to ensure maximum service availability while minimizing the risk of operational disruptions. Additionally, their SaaS data is backed up to C2 Backup, Synology's public cloud backup solution. By leveraging the reliability of the on-premises solution and the scalability of the public cloud, this hybrid approach provides LKF with a future-proof storage solution capable of handling their ever-increasing volume of high-resolution media, collaborative workflows, and long-term archival needs.

With Synology’s centralized backup and near-instantaneous immutable data protection, data across the organization and multiple endpoints are now securely stored and easily managed from a single console.By adopting a hybrid cloud approach, LKF benefits the reliability of on-premises infrastructure and leverages the cloud for offsite protection. This ensures seamless data accessibility, efficient disaster recovery, and robust security with immutable backups and end-to-end encryption, significantly strengthening LKF’s cyber resilience against evolving threats.

Synology’s data solution streamlines management with a transparent pricing structure, enabling organizations to plan their IT budgets with confidence. Its seamless hardware-software integration and hybrid cloud deployment offer IT teams greater flexibility in managing data. The built-in applications ensure efficient and reliable on-premises backup, while the storage-based pricing model for cloud backup offers a cost-effective and flexible solution.

Synology’s solution streamlines data management with a transparent pricing structure and integrated hardware-software system, offering IT teams greater flexibility. By reducing backup costs by 50%, LKF has freed up resources to expand its storage infrastructure further—all while maintaining comprehensive protection for its valuable digital assets.