KernelTrap has published a story about the Linux Kernel Archive, otherwise known as kernel.org. The story is based on interviews with Peter Alvin, who has maintained the site through four hardware generations, and with Paul Vixie of bandwidth donor ISC, Matt Taggart of hardware donor HP, and Linus Torvalds, of course.

The Linux Kernel Archive hosts archival copies of every Linux kernel released. It also mirrors several free software projects, including Debian and Fedora.

Kernel.org began in 1997, on a single generic whitebox PC on a shared T1 line. Today, it runs on two quad-Opteron HP servers with 24GB of RAM, using about 150 to 200 Mbps of bandwidth donated by ISC (Internet Systems Consortium), according to Kerneltrap.

The Kerneltrap article includes much enjoyable Linux lore, as well as interesting information about tuning Linux systems for extreme network server applications.

The Kerneltrap article can be found here.

 
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