The server that hosts ChessOnTheWeb crashed today shortly after midday, UK time. Apparently a hard drive failed and the system was un-recoverable. The site is now running of the backup server. You will notice the site downloads a bit slower. The main server is due to be rebuilt on Monday.

Regards

The email server is also down. I will switch this to the backup server in the next few hours.

Please note that, if all goes according to plan, the website will be moved back onto the primary server Monday evening, UK time. I expect the site could be unavailable for a few hours for the switch over.

Due to the change in IP address between the primary and backup sites, your browser/DNS provider might still point www.chessontheweb.com to the backup server (this info is often cached). To over come this I will provide a temporary address that will point to the primary server. This address will be:

pri.chessontheweb.com


These last few days have tested the backup plans of the site and has shown a few holes in the process. Lessons have been learned! Hopefully by Tuesday this episode will be fading into distant memory and I can get some sleep.....

Regards

Please note that, if all goes according to plan, the website will be moved back onto the primary server Monday evening, UK time. I expect the site could be unavailable for a few hours for the switch over.

Due to the change in IP address between the primary and backup sites, your browser/DNS provider might still point www.chessontheweb.com to the backup server (this info is often cached). To over come this I will provide a temporary address that will point to the primary server. This address will be:

http://pri.chessontheweb.com


These last few days have tested the backup plans of the site and has shown a few holes in the process. Lessons have been learned! Hopefully by Tuesday this episode will be fading into distant memory and I can get some sleep.....

Regards

All has not gone according to plan. The move will now occur on Tuesday evening.

Regards

Chess On The Web is now back on the primary server. If you experience any problems with the site please send me a message or email  admin@chessontheweb.com

Apologies for any inconvenience over the last few days.

Regards