"Coolest" looking rack servers?

[TAPtech]

So I have a design project and am tasked with designing the front bezel for a 2U and 5U rack server. We want it to look cool and trendy. The brand has its own "look" and I have some design constraints, but I wanted to take a look at other manufacturers designs.

Does anyone have any favorites? I like the current Dell PowerEdge security bezels, but I think they protrude a bit too much.

 

[BlackLabTechs]

A couple that I like depending on the "image" you are going for....

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HP's don't look that bad either....

 

[TAPtech]

I like that 1U Daktronics unit. The HP look, I liked it at first, but now I don't know. The spread out hole pattern looks a bit funky to me.

 

[Tom_Sand]

https://www.behance.net/gallery/6397427/Server-Re-design
looking around that design stands out the most to me

 

[TAPtech]

https://www.behance.net/gallery/6397427/Server-Re-design
looking around that design stands out the most to me

Whoa dude, those are slick. Once/if the product line is introduced I can probably share what I'm working on.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Hard to beat the custom logo ones by companies such as Drake.....who design skins for some standard servers like Dells bezels.

Spin through this page (or images.google) for some neat pics.
http://www.drake.com/products/bezels/

The walnut wood one is sweet! Heh heh...he said "wood"!

When Google was selling their indexing/search servers...I thought those were waaay cool. The data center that we had our office in back then had a couple.

 

[TAPtech]

This design will have to be somewhere between black and silver/grey, but those do look really cool. I love the SpongeBob Google box

 

[BlackLabTechs]

also, keep in mind how many of these would be installed in a single location. Some bezels look nice standing out on their own. Stack them up in racks beside racks beside racks, and they don't look so enticing.

 

[Moltuae]

SpongeBob Google box

lmao

I think that looks hideous. It's like: 'if Google made servers for children ...'.


The blue one looks ok. Shame they couldn't fit all the letters on the lid though.

 

[TAPtech]

also, keep in mind how many of these would be installed in a single location. Some bezels look nice standing out on their own. Stack them up in racks beside racks beside racks, and they don't look so enticing.

While these are rack mounted, they function sort of like UTM devices, so it is unlikely that there will be many of them stacked on top of each other. More likely that there will other servers above/below them. This is a very good point, though.

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

I love the SpongeBob Google box

Stacked for the whole square sponge image!

 

[TAPtech]

Thanks for the help guys. The design is finished:

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

LMAO!

 

[BlackLabTechs]

Well, since MS is testing possibility of putting servers at the bottom of the ocean, this must be Google's answer.

 

[TAPtech]

Ha! I can not recommend putting anything at the bottom of the ocean, it sucks big time! Limited choice of materials and all sorts of strange constraints. The other project(s) I'm working on are submerged tidal power, and the saltwater eats everything. Best materials are composites and Ti, oh surprise, they are mega expensive! What joy!

Although the bottom of the ocean thing probably solves a lot of physical security issues