My Back-up solution: Good or Bad?

Hey all,
Here's my back-up solution for my network, consisting of two desktops, two laptops and a server:
Part A: (Full bootable clones)
2x 1TB LaCie attached via FW 400 to the Server (Mac Mini)
These disks are partitioned into separate disks of matching size for my 5 Macs.
The client mac will mount it's respective drive partition and make a full bootable clone of it's start-up disk to this backup drive partition. This will be done using SuperDuper!. (http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html)
This will probably be done on either an every-other-day basis, or end of the week basis.
Part B: (Hourly Time Machine backups)
2x 1TB Time Capsules
Each mac will make hourly backups to these two Time Capsules using Time Machine.
My entire network is Gigabit Ethernet, with JumboFrame enabled.
_My Queries:_
1) If I have to replace any Mac with an entirely new Mac, would I be right in thinking I could restore the backed-up clone onto this new Mac, and then use Time Machine's Restore feature to restore files right backup to the hour.
(I remember reading somewhere that for some reason Time Machine wouldn't restore to a Mac that was completely different, i.e new, than it's previous Mac)
2) Does this generally sound like a good idea? Do you think the near top of the range Mac Mini Leopard Server will be able to handle all the data transmissions from 5 Macs all going to two drives via FireWire?
3) Any alternatives or ideas?
Thanks for any feedback,
Cheers,

1) If I have to replace any Mac with an entirely new Mac, would I be right in thinking I could restore the backed-up clone onto this new Mac, and then use Time Machine's Restore feature to restore files right backup to the hour.
(I remember reading somewhere that for some reason Time Machine wouldn't restore to a Mac that was completely different, i.e new, than it's previous Mac)
You can only do this if both macs are intel-based (check by clicking >About This Mac...), otherwise, it'll work well.
2) Does this generally sound like a good idea? Do you think the near top of the range Mac Mini Leopard Server will be able to handle all the data transmissions from 5 Macs all going to two drives via FireWire?
That sounds like it'll work fine, however, I haven't tried it myself so I can't tell you for sure.
Good luck!

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