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Uptohost S.L.A.!
SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT
This Service Level Agreement ("SLA")
describes performance guarantees for the Uptohost network and our
computer equipment. This SLA is made between Uptohost, ("Uptohost",
"Provider", "we", "us", "our") and you ("Customer", "Client", "you").
This document may be updated from time to time, and will be located
online at www.uptohost.com/sla.html.
Customers are responsible for checking this document from time to time,
as notifications of updates will not be made.
(for our TOS, please click HERE)
NETWORK GUARANTY
UPTIME: We provide a 99.99% uptime
guarantee. This means that for any given month, while unlikely, it is
possible that our internal network may experience an average downtime
of up to 260 seconds per month excluding scheduled maintenance. If an
outage exceeds a cumulative 260 seconds in month, we will credit 5% of
the Customer's base monthly recurring bandwidth fee for the affected
computer, per hour of downtime, up to 100% of the base monthly
recurring bandwidth fee for Dedicated and Co-Location Customers. For
Virtual Hosting Customers, if an outage exceeds a cumulative 260
seconds in any month, we will credit 5% of the Customer's base monthly
recurring hosting fee per hour of downtime, up to 100% of the base
monthly recurring hosting fee.
This guarantee covers the Uptohost network
internal infrastructure ("Infrastructure"), including connectivity to
our backbone providers, routers, switches, and the cables connecting
them. This Network Uptime Guarantee does not cover dedicated computer
equipment, or services that are dependent on dedicated computer
equipment. Dedicated computer equipment related guarantees are covered
separately under this SLA.
LATENCY: We provide an
85millisecond latency guarantee. For Uptohost peered networks, we
guarantee an average monthly transmission rate of 85 milliseconds or
less. Uptohost measures Internet latency - the average round trip
transmission on a Uptohost peered network - at approximately ten-minute
intervals using an Internet Controlled Message Protocol, (ICMP) Echo
Request (Ping) and calculates the average at the end of each calendar
month. If Customer experiences average Internet latency in excess of 85
milliseconds, as so calculated for any calendar month, Customer may
receive a credit equal to 1/30 of the base monthly recurring bandwidth
fee for the affected dedicated computer equipment or Virtual Hosting
account.
DEDICATED COMPUTER EQUIPMENT GUARANTEE:
Except for those times during which Scheduled Maintenance is taking
place, Uptohost offers its dedicated computer equipment Customers a
two-tiered Guarantee for dedicated computer equipment hosted by
Uptohost.
If the Customer has a "Non-redundant Configuration" which means
Uptohost provided standard production computer equipment, then
Uptohost's Guarantee is to limit Customer's Server unavailability to
less than 200 minutes in any Week. If the Customer has a dedicated
"Array Configuration", which means two (2) or more Computers (including
firewalls) which are configured for redundant functionality,
specifically including two (2) or more Computers using HTTP or HTTPS
load balancing, two (2) or more Computers configured as DFO (Dynamic
Failover) database servers, and two (2) or more firewalls configured
for automatic failover, then Uptohost's Guarantee is to limit
Customer's Dedicated Computer Equipment unavailability to less than 50
minutes in any Week.
In the event that a computer component included as part of the
Customer's dedicated computer configuration fails during the term of
our contract, we will make the necessary repairs at no charge to the
Customer. We guarantee the replacement of defective components within
two (2) hours of identifying the source of the problem. If the repairs
take longer than two hours, Customer may receive a credit of 5% (five
percent) of the Customer's base monthly recurring fee for the affected
dedicated computer equipment per hour of downtime exceeding the initial
two hours, up to 100% (one hundred percent) of the base monthly
recurring fee for the affected dedicated computer equipment. This
guarantee covers all components configured within the Customer's
affected dedicated computer equipment, including the power supply(s),
cabling, CPU(s), memory, motherboard, network adaptor(s), hard
drive(s), modem(s), and disk controller(s).
This guarantee does not include time to rebuild a failed RAID array,
although we will repair a failed RAID array at no charge. This
guarantee does not cover lost data nor the time to recover or restore
data
MAINTENANCE
Scheduled Maintenance means:
1. Any maintenance in the Uptohost data center at which Customer's computer equipment is located;
1. Of which Customer is notified at least 24 hours in advance, and;
2. That is performed during a standard maintenance window.
2. Any maintenance in the Uptohost data center at which Customer's computer equipment is located;
1. Of which Customer is notified at least 24 hours in advance if the
Customer's computer equipment may be malfunctioning or may not be
accessible to the Internet, and;
2. That is performed during a nonstandard maintenance window at a time
approved by Customer's designated point of contact.
Notice of Scheduled Maintenance will be provided to Customer's
designated point of contact by a method elected by Uptohost (telephone,
email, fax or pager). Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent Uptohost
from conducting emergency maintenance on an as needed basis. In the
event that a scheduled maintenance may unduly affect Customer's
operations, it shall be the Customer's responsibility to so notify our
Technical Staff at support@uptohost.com to discuss any necessary
arrangements.
REFUND PROCEDURES AND EXCEPTIONS:
Customers must notify us via email to support@uptohost.com or via
helpdesk ticket, indicating that they wish to pursue their rights as
guaranteed by this SLA within 3 days of the incident to be eligible for
credit under the various Guarantees. We are not required to provide SLA
guaranteed service or credits to Customers who are in default of their
contractual obligations. Upon opening a support ticket, we will
ascertain whether the problem exists within our Infrastructure. If the
problem is within our Infrastructure, we will measure downtime from the
time we were notified of the incident to the time that the incident has
been resolved.
CONDITIONS
Credits shall not be allowed for conditions
(i) caused by Customer or others authorized by Customer to use the Services under the Agreement;
(ii) due to the failure of power, facilities, equipment, systems or connections not provided by Uptohost;
(iii) caused by the failure of third party service to Uptohost's Network;
(iv) the result of scheduled maintenance or upgrades where Customer has been notified in advance
(vi) due to a Force Majeure event.
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