Case Study: ZigZag Post achieves near-zero downtime and scalable, cloud-ready storage with Synology Inc.'s DiskStation DS1812+

ZigZag Post - Customer Case Study

ZigZag Post, a boutique film and television post‑production studio in Sydney, faced frequent workflow interruptions from relying on scattered external hard drives and slow Dropbox uploads for client sharing. To find an affordable, always‑available backup that could immediately take over if their main media server failed, they turned to Synology Inc. and deployed a DiskStation DS1812+.

Synology Inc. implemented a mirrored DS1812+ NAS accessed over AFP by Mac workstations, with link aggregation for higher bandwidth and Cloud Sync to automate Dropbox uploads (and the option to use Synology’s built‑in share links). The result: editors can resume work after roughly a 10‑minute switch instead of days of recovery, centralized access for DaVinci Resolve/Premiere/FCP workflows, automated offsite backups, and an immediate $10/month saving by moving away from Dropbox; the DS1812+ also provides scalable growth (up to 18 drives) to meet future capacity needs.

ZigZag Post

Robert Sarroff

Director