Running a large server farm can be a stressfull occupation but wouldnt it be great to get some form of warning when things are not well.  Perhaps even just before a failure?

 I've been thinking about this a lot lately and I'm determeined to build a simple windows mobile app that queries a web service in my data centre.  I'm just going to use red, amber and green colours to indicate problems.

Hopefully at a glance I wll be able to see everything green and happy.

This article from the 4GuysFromRolla looks a great place to start.  http://aspnet.4guysfromrolla.com/articles/032107-1.aspx