Remote access: rds or vpn?

Question

VPN

Hello! Please help me figure it out (I'm not a networker, I'm a video production manager). There is a server, the volume is 100 TB (in a raid), a weekly backup. Employees need remote access (currently ftp, filezilla). Constantly on the server and from it something is swinging. But you need to be able to watch video files before downloading (filezilla does not allow you to do this). 15-20 people can connect at the same time. What is the best way to set up work, vpn or rds?

Answer 1

If the task is to watch the video, BEFORE downloading it, in order to select the one you need, then the correct option is to raise the web server and give it the video files ...
it will be like any video in the browser ...
I would personally raise the Nextcloud cloud, attach your " server and a folder from it", created a log\passes for people ... and already through the web I would calmly watch
Watching a video via remote control is a bad option, it is not intended for this. of course it will work, but the video will slow down and go jerky

Answer 2

Questions, do you want to see the screen of the remote machine (rds)? And will they do it from home or from the office network? And what does it mean to look? And how many people at the same time?
In the general case, both rds and vpn are ideal at the same time. They enter the enterprise network via vpn, and they see what is on the server via remote desktop!

Answer 3

And what about a VPN? VPN is
Virtual (Virtual, that is, imaginary)
Private (Private)
Network (Network)
It will not help you in any way. RDP might help, but watching video via RDP is a mazo :)

Answer 4

FTP does not know how to give access to an arbitrary part of the file, you can only download it completely. through RDP to watch videos is also stupidity.
VPN connection to a remote network/server.
inside vpn you connect via samba, it is also shared folders of windows, a folder with videos from the server to the local Windows and you watch through the local video player. plus you can directly delete files.
VPN is a compressed video stream, IMHO get the fastest option.
in samba, of course, they brought normal encryption, authorization and all that, but shine it in tyrnet like a bare ass in the fence ...
if it slows down, play around with the settings and vpn options.

Answer 5

Nextcloud or ownCloud - install and through the web interface you can watch videos (you need to install an additional plugin) and easily upload / download files.
The second option is OpenMediaVault - remote network storage. There will be no web interface here, users will see it as a network folder. Compatible with both Windows and Linux.