Database server instabilities...

The machine that is running the database behind the Chemical blogspace is having trouble keeping alive. This is happening since the (scheduled) power outage of this weekend. Now, since the CUBIC has shut down as organization, my postdoc contract has ended too. As a consequence, I will not have frequent access to the machine, and remote SSH access is having hickups too. So far, a (former) collegue (Miguel) is helping me out, by rebooting every now and then, but I will work on a more permanent solution.

The best solution would be to get some permanent hosting somewhere, but without a university position where the machine could run, that is not cheap. Not too expansive either, but for a hobby... In the short term, I am considering moving the database to frontend machine, which has somewhat higher load, but is more stable too.

To be continued...