Nadj,

While there are several other possible bottlenecks, if all else is equal and the Server is running Linux, the 3NIC appproach would -theoretically- have better throughput. (I hope you are building and testing these two systems and plan on getting back to us with benchmark results!)

Mike Copeland
Genesis Group Software

>Server with 3NIC to 3HUB or
>Server with one NIC to SWITCH and to 3HUB
>
>SERVER
> NIC1------HUB1
> NIC2------HUB2
> NIC4------HUB3
>
>or
>SERVER
> NIC------SWITCH----------HUB1
> |_________HUB2
> |_________HUB3
>
>
>Wich system is get better and faster communication!
>Thanx