Huda Beauty, a fast-growing global beauty brand renowned for its innovative products and extensive distribution networks, opted for Synology to build its central file storage and collaboration platform to streamline its multimedia production workflow and save substantial subscription costs.
With the number of employees rapidly growing to 200, Huda Beauty actively sought a storage solution that would meet their storage and remote access requirements while also being cost-effective. “We initially used a popular SaaS enterprise plan. However, as the company expanded, the upload and download speed of large media files proved to be a productivity bottleneck. Additionally, the user-based billing model gradually became a heavy burden. In light of these challenges, we have come to recognise the necessity for a new approach to our infrastructure.” said Ryan Aldrin, Head of Technology Operations at Huda Beauty.
To address the storage needs of hundreds of terabytes of media files and accommodate future data growth over three to five years, Huda Beauty deployed the highly scalable Synology SA Series rackmount as their primary storage platform. With 10GbE high-speed networking connectivity capabilities, employees now experience accelerated file access speeds within the local network, boosting efficiency and productivity.
Furthermore, to fulfil the remote access requirement, Huda Beauty utilised the built-in Synology Drive package to establish an enterprise private cloud. This allowed employees from any location to remotely access files stored on the Synology system through a web portal or a desktop client, providing a similar experience to public cloud services.
“With the utilisation of Synology, we eliminated the productivity bottleneck caused by slow public cloud file transferring and saved $100,000 annual cost compared to the previous solution. What’s even better is that the web portal and client access have made it possible to smoothly implement the solution without significantly changing user behaviours,” added Ryan. “We highly recommend other companies in similar situations to consider Synology.”
Learn more about Huda Beauty’s IT deployment with Synology
About Synology:
Staying at the forefront of data management, Synology innovates and adapts to ever-evolving technologies, and continues bringing new possibilities to the table, including but not limited to solutions for data storage and backup, file collaboration, video management, and network infrastructure – all designed with one goal in mind – presenting a centralised platform to simplify IT administration while driving digital transformation for businesses worldwide.
Learn more about Synology Solution
