docking.org

Dear ZINC Users

We are happy to announce a new search interface for ZINC. Searching should be easier, faster and more logical. http://zinc.docking.org/choose.shtml

And the best news for last: An even better interface for ZINC is planned to be released in time for ACS in Boston (August 20 or so). Stay tuned to this channel!

Thanks to Teague Sterling, a student of computer science, who made this possible.

-- John

Dear docking.org users,

We had a corrupt MySQL table from about 5am Sun July 18 through 1pm Mon July 19. During that time, some real time services on our website (e.g. ZINC search) may not have worked correctly.

The table has been repaired, but we are still going to need to go off line for 15-30 minutes to replace a disk. During this time, real time services may hang until the system comes back up.

We will try to minimize disruption.

John

Dear ZINC Users

The following subsets were updated on our website today:

- #3 - drug like
- #6 - all purchasable
- #10 - everything

The tanimoto-clustered subsets of these sets are still being updated and will appear in a few days.

We update subsets on a continuous basis, and will make more announcements soon.

-- John

Dear ZINC Users

We have started making changes to the ZINC interface. The first one, today, will be barely noticed. The changes are:

- now called "ZINC10"
- in subset listings, now possible to sort by various criteria.
- small changes to downloads page to try to make them clearer

More changes are on the way, and will be announced as they are released. Our goal is to provide gradual upgrades and near-continuous availability.

Dear docking.org user:

We made a big change behind the scenes today. It was supposed to have NO IMPACT - it was simply an internal technical restructuring. The reason we are bringing this to your attention is that we may have overlooked something.

If you notice anything broken, please let us know, and we will try to fix it promptly.

John

Dear ZINC Users

New two new subsets are available: Lead-like (#1): 1.95 M and Fragment-like (#2): 360K

-- John

Dear docking.org users:

There is a huge backlog of requests you have sent me. I just have not been able to keep up. This posting is just to say that I am redoubling my efforts starting today to deal with this backlog.

Sorry, thanks for your patience, and please hang in there!

John

docking.org, including ZINC, DOCK Blaster, SEA, DUD, HEI, and more, is back on line as of about 9.30 am San Francisco time on Wednesday 24 February 2010. Thanks you Pascal, Jens and Ryan and many other people for making it as easy as it was.

Warning: we may have to be off line again soon, we just don't know. We are awaiting repairs to our UPS system. We will try to announce downtime in a timely fashion.

docking.org will be offline for 15 hours starting less than 3 hours from now. This unusual situation is due to a failure of our UPS, bad design, bad luck, and perhaps someone or something being out to get us. Neveryoumind, we will be back and better than ever again tomorrow Wed 24 Feb after 9am local (SF) time.

-- John

Dear docking.org users - we are having power problems in our computer room today - effectively beyond our control. Services and databases at this site may be up and down until the power systems are repaired.

John