What is the best way to backup 20 Imac's without buying 20 time machines?

I would like to use the features of time machine.
I have 20 Imacs and macbook pros on a network. Mixed OS 10.6 and .7 and .8's.
Is there a solution to be able to backup all the Mac's without having to have 20 timemachines?
Yes 90% of all files are stored on a server.
It's mainly when a HDD goes splat that a Time machine backup comes in handy. (reinstalling all the software etc).

The problem I have is that the staff work on very large graphic files before they save them on the main servers.
Space is not the issue. I was thinking of using a NAS (Iomega) 9 TB to act as a time machine, but i beleive that is fine for 1 mac but I would like all 20 odd to backup daily (incremental).
Not too sure if there is third party software out there that can do similar.

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