The perl.org infrastructure is incredible. Ok, so not all of the subdomains of perl.org are hosted on the same servers, some of them are just DNS redirections, but they still run a large number of web sites there. It's not just web sites either, a large (and I mean large) number of Perl mailing lists are run on their servers. And that means they handle a lot of spam. They also run many of the sites under pm.org and cpan.org. You can get a good idea of what is involved from the NOC page on the site. It's an impressive list.
But the most amazing thing about the perl.org team is that they are volunteers. Both Robert and Ask have real jobs in addition to keeping the Perl infrastructure servers running. They have a small team that help them out with some of the work, but no-one gets paid for it. The hardware is all donated by sponsors too. If you have any hardware that a large network operations centre might be interested in then please take a look at their wishlist.
So each time you visit a Perl web site or use a Perl mailing list, spare a thought for the volunteers who keep it all running.
Yet another good reason to be proud to use Perl.
You can keep up to date with what is going on with the perl.org by reading their NOC blog.
But the most amazing thing about the perl.org team is that they are volunteers. Both Robert and Ask have real jobs in addition to keeping the Perl infrastructure servers running. They have a small team that help them out with some of the work, but no-one gets paid for it. The hardware is all donated by sponsors too. If you have any hardware that a large network operations centre might be interested in then please take a look at their wishlist.
So each time you visit a Perl web site or use a Perl mailing list, spare a thought for the volunteers who keep it all running.
Yet another good reason to be proud to use Perl.
You can keep up to date with what is going on with the perl.org by reading their NOC blog.
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