we organize and secure the cables on each of our server racks

Before I start writing about fair cables, I should introduce my organization: NagerIT is a private initiative (non-profit), and currently there are seven of us involved.Why do I write all of this on the blog of Fairphone? Simple answer: There is a shortcut toward fairly produced electronics, we can work together and use synergy. Not only Fairphone and NagerIT,MiniSAS Cables but all future fair electronics projects will need common components like cables, resistors, capacitors, and the like. This means that once suitable suppliers for, e.g. USB cables is found, this source can be used by all interested companies and projects. The challenges only need to be solved once, and then we can reach our goal double speed! The next project of NagerIT is a fair cable usable for NagerIT, as well as for Fairphone and others. In the future, perhaps Fairphone will find a type of resistor with conflict-free tin, or other fairly produced parts that NagerIT can use as well. Let’s find out!
More than 210,000 users have watched a YouTube video of our data center operations team cabling a row of server racks in San Jose. More than 95 percent of the ratings left on the video are positive, and more than 160 comments have been posted in response. To some, those numbers probably seem unbelievable, but to anyone who has ever cabled a data center rack The US embassy or dealt with a poorly cabled data center rack, the time-lapse video is enthralling, and it seems to have catalyzed a healthy debate: At least a dozen comments on the video question/criticize how we organize and secure the cables on each of our server racks. It’s high time we addressed this “zip ties v. hook & loop (Velcro?)” cable bundling controversy.