Using G5 as a server

We have a dual 1.8 G5 tower and need a server for our little 2-mac prepress department. Can someone tell me if it's viable and a good choice to use this machine as a server? I'm very Mac Savvy but not so knowledgable about Servers and Networks and don't know where to turn.
I'm assuming we'd just need to buy OSX server, right? Or do we even need it if all we want to do is slap it on our existing network and just use it as a file and font server?
I also see that Apple is coming out with a new server next month but I think it's waaayyyy beyond what we need. We essentially just need a common storage space.

Mirrored RAID: You use two identical harddrives and set it up to that data is mirrored, meaning the same data is on both drives, though you see only one disk. If one of the disks fail, all the data is still there on the other drive. Disk utility allows doing that in its RAID section. Check its help for more info.
You probably don't need Mac OS X server to serve files to two Macs, just use the regular Mac OS X (Client) and enable Apple file sharing (in System Preferences > Sharing), then use Share Points to define which directories you'd like to share. http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8658
Backup: Lots of options, though with hard disk prices so low its common to use external harddrives for backup, for example connected using firewire. It's a good idea to have two backup drives, one on site, the other stored in another location, and switch them from time to time. As for backup programs, I'd give Synk or Chronosync a try (Retrospect works as well, but it's more expensive and IMHO a bit clunky). To create full disk images for easy restore SuperDuper! seems to be popular, though it's an imager and noch backup AFAIK. You'll find either at macupdate.com
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