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Wei Fei
Wei Fei is an IT nerd with over 12 years of experience in the technology industry. Passionate about all things tech, he enjoys exploring the latest gadgets, IT solutions and emerging technologies. With hands-on experience in the IT and AV industry, he shares practical insights, industry trends and tech discoveries in a simple, down-to-earth way. Keen to collaborate or explore something together? Drop him a note at sales@sourceit.com.sg!
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What Happens If Your AI Workstation SSD Fails Tomorrow?
One SSD failure can erase months of AI work. What is lost, how recovery goes with and without a backup, and the workflow that makes it a minor event.
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NAS vs Cloud Backup vs External SSD: Which Is Safest for Business Data?
External SSD, NAS and cloud backup each fail in a different way. How they compare on recovery speed, cost, security and resilience, and how to combine them.
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Synology Active Backup for Business: Protecting PCs, Servers and Virtual Machines
Active Backup for Business turns a supported Synology NAS into a central backup server for PCs, servers and virtual machines. What it covers and what it needs.
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The 3-2-1 Backup Rule for AI Infrastructure: Is It Still Enough in 2027?
The 3-2-1 rule still stands, but ransomware exposed two gaps. What 3-2-1-1-0 adds, and how to apply it to models, datasets and AI servers.
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Can Ransomware Destroy Your AI Models? How a Synology NAS Can Help
Ransomware encrypts whatever it can reach, including AI models and the backups beside them. The defences that still hold when both are hit.
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Your AI Is Only as Safe as Your Backup: Why AI Infrastructure Needs a Recovery Plan
Companies spend heavily on AI compute and almost nothing protecting what it produces. What an AI recovery plan covers and what it should cost.
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Synology NAS for AI Developers: A Practical Storage Buying Guide
A storage buying guide for AI developers: how to work out capacity, how many bays, which drives, what network speed, and which NAS class fits each team size.
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How to Back Up Your AI Models, Datasets and Training Checkpoints
Not everything in an AI project needs the same protection. What is replaceable, what is not, how to handle checkpoints, and a backup plan that fits.
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Building a Small AI Lab: Can Multiple AI Workstations Share One Synology NAS?
Several AI workstations can share one NAS if the network, folder layout and permissions are planned. How to build a small multi-user AI lab around it.
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Synology NAS vs Local SSD: Where Should You Store Your AI Models?
Local NVMe loads models fastest; a NAS holds far more and protects it. How the two compare on speed, capacity, reliability and cost, and how to use both.
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Synology NAS + NVIDIA DGX Spark: Building a Complete Local AI Setup
How to pair an NVIDIA DGX Spark with a Synology NAS: what each one does, how to connect them, a folder layout that works, and the backup that completes it.
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NAS vs SAN vs Object Storage: Which Does Your AI Project Need?
NAS shares files, SAN provides raw disks to servers, object storage holds vast numbers of items behind an API. Which fits which AI project.
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Is Wi-Fi 7 Fast Enough for NAS-Based AI Workflows?
Wi-Fi 7 is fast enough to use an AI assistant and browse a NAS from a laptop. It is not a substitute for a cable between the NAS and the AI system.
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HDD vs SSD for AI Datasets: Where Should Businesses Spend Their Storage Budget?
SSDs are far faster; hard drives are far cheaper per terabyte. A tiering plan that spends on flash only where a GPU would otherwise be waiting.
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AI Workstation + NAS + UPS: The Complete Small Business AI Infrastructure Setup
An AI system alone is not an AI setup. The four other parts a small business needs, with two worked configurations and what each one costs.
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SSD Cache vs All-Flash NAS: What Is Better for AI Workloads?
An SSD cache speeds up repeated small reads on a hard-drive NAS. All-flash makes everything fast at a much higher cost. Which AI workloads need which.
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Why Your NAS Needs a UPS: Protecting Business Data During Power Failures
A power cut mid-write can corrupt files or a whole storage volume. Why a NAS needs a UPS, how to size one and how to set up automatic safe shutdown.
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10GbE vs 2.5GbE: Is Your Network Slowing Down Your NAS and AI Workstation?
Large AI and media files expose a slow network quickly. How 1GbE, 2.5GbE and 10GbE compare in practice, and how to build a 10GbE path step by step.
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Building a Centralised CCTV Storage System for Multiple Offices
For several offices, record at each site and manage from the centre. Why streaming everything to head office rarely works, and how to design it.
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AI Video Analytics for Retail Stores: Beyond Traditional CCTV
The cameras a shop already has can count visitors, measure queues and map where people go. What retail video analytics does, needs and must respect.
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