Small Biz DR plan

Hi guys, I need to implement a Disaster Recovery (avoidance) plan for my small business. We did some research and I think found an awesome solution for under $1000 (Aussie dollars) but would value your feedback.
In the office, we have 1x PB (1.5GHz PPC G4) & 1x eMac (1.25GHz PPC G4) and at Home 1x eMac (1.25GHz PPC G4) all running OS 10.3.9 When new OS is released will upgrade and add on new MacBook Pro to replace PB as main source.
We don't really have a file server as most of our business is browser based and original files are accessed from & kept on the PB. Both office and home use NetComm NB9W for ADSL 2+ wireless network and VoIP.
If you need any more detailed info please let me know.
We were thinking of using:
SuperDuper for software $30
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
2x LaCie Ethernet Disk mini 500gb (1 at office, 1 at home) thought about 1tb but we don't need it and for the money we could just add another 500gb as a mirror.
http://www.lacie.com/au/products/product.htm?pid=10844
I’ve just realised that these networked drives don’t have Firewire, so we won’t be able to boot from them.. bummer. So for added back up will add on 1x LaCie FW external in office.
1x Sandisk 4gb flash drive, which has archived business fold. Done manually at present.
Online storage - there are a lot now and we are narrowing down the choices. Some are as cheap as $5/m for 5gb
So far, it looks like a simple plan and there is a lot of positive talk about LaCie and SD on the forums. Ultimately I would love this system to be as automated as possible and would like to have everything in place and running smoothly within 10 days.
Cheers
LittleB
15 PowerBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi Little B
What are Aussie dollars, I thought our country uses Australian dollars?
I use SuperDuper and a LaCie external disk and both products work well.
In a recovery you can boot from an external clone, as all of your computers have Firewire. I haven't heard of booting over a networked drive. I think you should forget that idea.
With what you propose you could be up and running well within 10 days and well under $1000 at that. So it sounds good.
As far as automation goes, the best I can suggest is to run an Applecript to remind you to use Superduper to do a backup, as i don't believe it has built in scheduling and that is too much to expect from something that only costs $30.
regards roam

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