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![With 947,074 visitors on election day, we could have easily been stung](pics/election.gif) Saturday, October 12, 1996.
It was the first time New Zealands election results
were to be posted live on the Internet as soon as they
came in. There would be no rehearsals and no second
chances. During the peak period the website served by
DIGITALs AlphaServer 1000A was receiving 170 hits
per second. This rivals the most popular sites in the
United States such as Rolling Stone and Netscape. As if
that wasnt enough, when things were running red
hot, we reconfigured the Alpha in real time to handle the
unprecedented demand. In the past this could not have
been done without rebooting the entire system. But with the
nations media and politicians themselves relying on
the site as the earliest source of results, it had to be
a foolproof operation. DIGITAL AlphaServers are the
fastest in the world. And as the Chief Electoral Office
have found, they keep humming along even on the busiest
days. If you want a real power trip from your server call
DIGITAL.
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