Talk:Pizza-box form factor

Pizza box should not redirect here. Why? Because there should be a Wikipedia article on pizza boxes, their variations, and the features provided by various pizza companies (for example, Domino's Pizza's "Heat Wave" box). Real pizza boxes are much more common than computers shaped like pizza boxes. Hence, I created a stub at pizza box. Andrew pmk | Talk 23:40, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

old desktops vs. new rack-mounts
I think the conflict here is that what used to be called pizza box is no longer really very pizza-box like copared to 1U rack mount boxes. This distinction should be made, or, as is my limited hardware experience, that picture should be removed entirely, and we should just talk about what I know is a pizza box: a 1U or 2U rack mount. —Fitch 01:54, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Propose name change
"Pizza box" form factor is about the most far-off name I've heard for a Rack-mounted server. They are not called "pizza box" servers. In fact, I've never met anyone in my life who's called them pizza box servers. Therefore, we must correct the name to what is accepted by the IT and webhosting industry. Perhaps "Rack-mount form factor" or some variation of that name. Or just create a stub that *actually* talks about the Rack-mount form factor, and have 1U Server and 2U Server redirect to that... or perhaps another idea to remove this nonexistant relationship between "pizza box" and the Rack Unit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.202.240.2 (talk • contribs) 11:59, March 3, 2006

Actually a Common Name (for Sun Ultra workstations)
I work in the IT industry, and have heard the word "pizza box" used by lots of professionals to refer to various systems, most commonly, the Sun Ultra 5 workstation. I myself own 5 of these "pizza boxes." I don't perosnally get it, as the units are actually quite a bit thicker than a typical pizza box (in contrast to a 1U server, which really is just about the size of a medium pizza box ;) ). I'm of the opinion that this article should stay where it is, but renamed to Pizza Boxes (Computing) or somesuch.

-wgw —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wgw2024 (talk • contribs) 08:29, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Merge with 19-inch rack?

 * No - the original pizza box systems have nothing to do with 19-inch racks.--NapoliRoma (talk) 05:28, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes - they are used synonym -193.171.252.134 (talk) 11:20, 25 February 2009 (UTC)
 * A 19-inch rack is a rack, 19 inches in interior width, used to hold electronic devices in equipment rooms and laboratories.
 * A pizza box is a flat, square desktop computer.
 * I would assert that these are not synonymous.--NapoliRoma (talk) 02:03, 26 February 2009 (UTC)


 * No - The original Sun 'Pizza Box' was 16-inches square. Standard rackmount equipment is 17-inchs (give or take) wide.  While you may be able to rack mount a Sun 'Pizza Box' with appropriate adapter brackets or a shelf, so too can you rack mount a desk top computer.--Chassisplans (talk) 15:44, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

This form factor isn't fallen out of use
I have removed two chapters claiming without sources that Pizza box form factor has fallen out of use.

The claims included: Taller versions of the pizza box design exist, but these are usually known as "desktop cases"; they have roughly the same dimensions as a mini tower, but are designed to lay flat on a desk.

However, I don't think that this machine, for example, has roughly the same dimensions as a mini tower.

--ilaiho (talk) 17:06, 4 January 2012 (UTC)