Now a story about new rack servers wouldn’t usually get me all that excited. If you’ve seen one grey box, you’ve seen them all right? Well now it seems like Alienware has jumped into the server business! Here are some of the interesting details from the folks at HostSearch.com.

High end computer manufacturer Alienware, announced the availability of a brand new line of single and dual-processor rack servers today.

From the dual-processor-powered Hivemind 2525 and Hivemind 1525 to the budget-friendly Hivemind 1220, Alienware rack servers are equipped to handle the critical business demands of customer resource management and data warehouse applications to messaging and web hosting. Hivemind rack servers feature up to two high-performance 64-bit Intel(R) Xeon(TM) processors that allow you to run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications at maximum performance on the same platform.

Providing flexible storage capabilities with plenty of room for expansion, Hivemind rack servers support up to 2.4TB of SATA or 1.8TB of SCSI hard drive storage. Hivemind servers also allow you to increase server memory as your application demands increase, supporting up to 12GB of ECC DDR-2 memory. In addition, costly, unscheduled downtime is not a concern thanks to memory mirroring and redundant network interface controllers that help to keep your systems running and your data protected.

Now are they as pretty as the desktop PC and laptop counterparts? I would say so. A server box is a little harder to get all shinny and pretty though. It is your standard black box with the little trademark alien head on it though.