Exploring Application Center 2000 Server
As the size of Web sites increase, systems engineers find their paradigm changing. They are moving from administering a couple computers that host Internet Information Server and SQL Server to having an entire Web farm of computers that are able to handle an enormous user base. Network Load Balancing, which was an add-on to NT 4.0 and is now part of Windows 2000 Advanced Server, enables you to create these Web farms by having multiple computers all support the same Web site. This fits in with Windows DNA by taking you to the next level of spreading your presentation, business logic, and data tiers horizontally in your Web site.
With all these computers making up a Web site, there is a tremendous burden ...
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