New business owner with a Mac Pro

I am starting a small business on a limited budget
I have a Mac Pro so I'm sure I will need additional storage
The amount of info is not going to be a whole lot but as I am looking at the options Air Port, basic external memory, time capsule ect
I am getting a little confused
I'm sure you can see I am not very computer savvy as of yet
Eventually I would like to run a system that has a Mini as a server
All that being said my question is what do I need to buy to start out with as far as external memory and please be specific

I only use external drives (and I've 8 of them now) for backups and one two TB drive as my 'working' drive (and I keep a 'clone' of it, scheduled backup). I would recommend either using Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner (or both, as I do) for backups - so that's one or two drives there (for a Time Machine backup, you'll need a drive that's at least 2-3 times the size of your internal drive - and for a clone just an inexpensive USB drive that is at least the size of your internal drive).
That leaves room for a 'working' drive. My working drive is where I store all of my photos, iTunes, video, and working projects. I've three Thunderbolt drives, so I use one 2 TB drive for my working drive.
MacMall has good prices on external drives - personally, I like LaCie and would advise you to stay away from Western Digital drives: I've just had back luck with WD.
Good luck - call back if I've left any questions unanswered...
Clinton

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24950
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