Leopard Server on Mac Mini Questions

Hi,
Just a few questions before purchasing everything. I would like to use a new Mac Mini 1.83Ghz, 2GB RAM to run Server 10.5. There will be 3 or 4 users at this point which all have new Mac Book Pros running 10.5.1. In the small office I want the users to connect to the server through an airport extreme base (wireless). I also want them to be able to VPN back to the server while traveling. Is all this possible and pretty straight forward?
I would also like to use the Guardian Maxmus 500GB RAID 1 setup for the share files and backup.
Also how many static IPs would one need to make this all work? Just one? The server will not be a web or mail server. It'll be mostly VPN share, iCal, etc.
Thanks

'Is all this possible?'
Yes.
'How many statics?'
One.
And yes, it is pretty straight forward.

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