There is no single point of failure. Application Center 2000 allows your Website to withstand software and hardware failures at any point in the system without disrupting application service. Actively monitors performance and health. Application Center 2000 provides tools that monitor the cluster and its servers. It also includes powerful features that enable viewing of performance and event-log data for one server or the entire cluster.
Administrators can monitor applications remotely using a browser-based console.
Automates event responses. Application Center 2000 can monitor server and application health and can take action in response to particular events and conditions. With automated responses, operational costs will be reduced through the elimination of manual tasks. Automated responses also can provide higher application availability. This Page 2001 Microsoft Corporation.