Vibration dampening for high-density storage system structure

An apparatus comprising:

• a printed circuit board comprising a plurality of cantilevered beams, each cantilevered beam comprising:
• an air gap separation between the printed circuit board and at least two sides of the cantilevered beam,
• an edge connector socket to receive a server element;
• wherein the each of the plurality of cantilevered beams comprises an elongated region extending from the printed circuit board, the edge connector socket residing on the elongated region, wherein the elongated region comprises:
• a distal end separated from the printed circuit board by a first air gap;
• and
• at least one side separated from the backplane PCB printed circuit board by a second air gap.

A system comprising:

• a cabinet securing a plurality of network elements;
• and
• rack server secured in the cabinet, the rack server comprising:
• a rack server chassis;
• a backplane printed circuit board (PCB) affixed to the rack server chassis, the backplane PCB comprising a plurality of cantilevered beams, each cantilevered beam of the plurality of cantilevered beams comprising a receiver slot to receive a server element;
• and
• a plurality of vibration dampeners secured to the rack server chassis, each vibration dampener residing directly beneath and in physical contact with a corresponding one cantilevered beam of the plurality of cantilevered beams;
• wherein the plurality of vibration dampeners comprises:
• a first set of vibration dampeners, each vibration dampener of the first set of vibration dampeners residing directly beneath and in physical contact with a corresponding cantilevered beam from the first set of cantilevered beams;
• and
• a second set of vibration dampeners, each vibration dampener of the second set of vibration dampeners residing directly beneath and in physical contact with a corresponding cantilevered beam from the second set of cantilevered beams.

An apparatus comprising:

• a printed circuit board comprising a plurality of cantilevered beams, each cantilevered beam comprising:
• an air gap separation between the printed circuit board and at least two sides of the cantilevered beam, and
• an edge connector socket to receive a server element;
• wherein the printed circuit board comprises:
• a first printed circuit board comprising a first set of cantilevered beams;
• and
• a second printed circuit board electrically and mechanically coupled to the first printed circuit board, the second printed circuit board comprising a second set of cantilevered beams.