Can OS X server fulfill my needs?

i have tons of music and movies that i would like my friends and family to use/copy but I am unsure how to go about doing this. Can OS X server do some file sharing and provide basic security?

We actually don't use a whole lot of data on the server - with video there's a lot of data involved but it's generally stored locally on individual raided drives and backup drives. Working with probably less than 1TB of total data that will be connected directly to the server to be shared. So I'm looking at a 4TB RAID 0 drive to hook up to it.
Read a little about Rumpus. Are you suggesting it as an alternative to OS X Server or something to work in conjunction with it?
The most important thing is for us to be able to send out links to files on the server for clients to view, and also for clients to have the ability to upload to us. I'm assuming this can be accomplished via Filezilla or Cyberduck if we didn't want to invest in Rumpus? I'll have to do more research on that. Just don't want to present this option to my boss and drop the cash on it only for it to not end up serving our needs.
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