Microsoft Application Centre 2000 Configuration and Administration

Designed for Web administrators who are building high-availability Web applications, this guide contains four sections: an introduction to Application Centre 2000, addressing deployment, installation and administration. The text also includes Q&A sidebars and a CD-ROM.

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Microsoft Application Centre 2000 is part of Microsoft's .NET Enterprise software. It is Microsoft's Deployment and Management tool for high-availability Web applications built on the Microsoft Windows 2000 operating system. It is a clustering/load balanced product that keeps Windows 2000 based Web servers up and running, and makes managing groups of servers as simple as managing one computer. It lets Web administrators and developers deploy applications quickly and easily, while minimizing the in-depth knowledge requirements. This reduces the complexity and cost of operating a scalable, highly available application. Designed for Web administrators who are building high-availability Web applications, this down-to-earth guide breaks a complex subject down into four managable sections. The first part introduces Application Centre 2000, with the next three addressing deployment, installation and administration.
Topics covered in these sections include: deploying server load balancing, component load balancing, content deployment and monitoring; configuring network load balancing and content deployment; administration tools; administrating a cluster; deploying and securing a cluster; and performance tuning and optimization. In addition, there is also a frequently asked question and answer side bar in every chapter and a corresponding appendix with the same questions organized by topic. The CD-ROM contains a 120-day evaluation copy of Microsoft Application Centre 2000.