How many backups at once to time machine 1 TB TC

Can anyone advise how many concurrent users can back up to time machine at once? we have an office environment with 20 or so macs, the TC is limiting the time machine backups to 3 or 4 macs at a time. Is there a setting that changes the number of users that can connect at one time?

s it a software licensing issue do you think, or is there a setup in TC that limits the number of backups at the same time?
No, my point was, that the time required to service 20 client machines from one host (the TC) is limited physically. Therefore TM is rationing (spreading) its attention as evenly as time allows factored by the demand of 20 client machines on the one host, which indeed could be limiting things. And that would be even after the initial backups. I am just counting the 3 - 5 min. incrementals which occur every hour.
Colloquially you are 'melting' the server (the TC), and so I would think you need either a dedicated backup server or several more TC's.
20 odd machines. 60 exact minutes. One time capsule. See it now?
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