Energized
Hosting Technologies,
Inc.™
is proud to offer an exceptional
level of performance,
reliability, and service.
That is why we are making
commitments to our customers
in the form of a Service
Level Agreement (SLA)
which provides certain
rights and remedies regarding
the performance of the
Energized Hosting™
network. The Energized
Hosting™ Service
Level Agreement (SLA)
guarantees our network/equipment
reliability and performance.
This Service Level Agreement
(SLA) applies to customers
of Energized Hosting's™
web hosting, reseller,
dedicated server, co-location,
e-commerce, and dial-up/dedicated
access services.
Uptime Guarantee:
Energized Hosting™
strives to maintain a
99.5% network and server
uptime service level.
This uptime percentage
is a monthly figure, and
is is calculated solely
by Energized Hosting™
monitoring systems or
Energized Hosting™
authorized/contracted
outside monitoring services.
If Energized Hosting™
fails to meet it's 99.5%
uptime guarantee or service commitments and
it is not due to one of
the exceptions below,
credits will be made available
to each client, upon request,
on a case by case basis.
Energized Hosting™
does not credit a full
month's service for minor
downtime. This would not
be financially healthy
for Energized Hosting™,
and in turn would only
negatively affect the
service level Energized
Hosting™ provides
to you. "Partial
refunds for partial downtime"
is our standard policy.
In extreme circumstances,
Energized Hosting™
may distribute full month
credits, but this is dealt
with on a case by case
basis. Details on how
credit amounts are calculated
can be found below. In no event shall
the credits, refunds or any other
damages shall exceed the total amount
received by Energized Hosting for the customer's
current billing period for the service/package in question.
Exceptions:
Customer shall not receive
any credits under this
SLA in connection with
any failure or deficiency
of the Energized Hosting™
network caused by or associated
with:
Circumstances
beyond reasonable control,
including, without limitation,
acts of any governmental
body, war, insurrection,
sabotage, embargo, "Acts
of God" (ie...fire,
flood, earthquake, tornado,
etc...), strike or other
labor disturbance, interruption
of or delay in transportation,
unavailability of or interruption
or delay in telecommunications
or third party services,
failure of third party
software or inability
to obtain raw materials,
supplies, or power used
in or equipment needed
for provision of the Service
Level Agreement
Telco Failure (ie...Verizon™
cutting a fiber line somewhere)
Backbone peering point
issues (ie...UUnet™
having a router go down
in Virginia that wipes
out internet service for
the entire East Coast)
Scheduled maintenance
for hardware/software
upgrades
Hardware failure (faulty
hardware is rare, but
cannot be predicted nor
avoided). Energized Hosting
Inc™ utilizes only
name brand hardware of
the highest quality and
performance.
Software bugs/flaws (Expolits
and bugs may develop that
cause security issues
or downtime)
Unavialbilty of backups or faulty backups.
DNS issues not within
the direct control of
Energized Hosting™
Network floods, hacks,
attacks from outside parties
or individuals
Failure or error of any
Energized Hosting™
monitoring or measurement
system
Client’s acts or
omissions, including without
limitation, any negligence,
willful misconduct, or
use of Energized Hosting™
service(s) in breach of
Energized Hosting™
Policy and Service Guidelines
(AUP), by Client or others
authorized by Client.
Connectivity:
Energized
Hosting's™ goal
is to make the Energized
Hosting™ network
available to Client free
of outages for 99.5% of
the time. An "outage”
is defined as an instance
in which Client is unable
to transmit and receive
IP packets due to a Energized
Hosting™ service
failure for more than
15 consecutive minutes,
excluding service failures
relating to Energized
Hosting's™ scheduled
maintenance and upgrades.
The Energized Hosting™
network does not include
client premises equipment
or any Telco access facilities
connecting Client's premises
to such infrastructure.
Energized Hosting's™
goal is to keep Average
Round-Trip Latency on
the Energized Hosting™
network to 85 milliseconds
or less. Energized Hosting™
defines “Average
Round-Trip Latency”,
with respect to a given
month, as the average
time required for round-trip
packet transfers between
the Energized Hosting™
network and major US backbone
peering points during
such month, as measured
by Energized Hosting™.
Energized Hosting's™
goal is to keep Average
Packet Loss on the Energized
Hosting™ network
to 1% or less. Energized
Hosting™ defines
“Average Packet
Loss”, with respect
to a given month, as the
average percentage of
IP packets transmitted
on the Energized Hosting™
network during such month
that are not successfully
delivered, as measured
by Energized Hosting™.
Measurement:
Energized Hosting™
will periodically (on
average every 10 minutes)
monitor Energized Hosting™
network and server availability
using software and hardware
components capable of
measuring application
traffic and responses.
Client acknowledges that
that such measurements
may not measure the exact
path traversed by Client’s
internet connection, and
that such measurements
constitute measurements
across the Energized Hosting™
network but not other
networks to which Client
may connect. Energized
Hosting™ reserves
the right to periodically
change the measurement
points and methodologies
it uses without notice
to Client. Full network
and server reporting will
be posted to a location
designated by Energized
Hosting™ and made
available to Client.
Hardware
Failure:
Energized Hosting™
stands behind all equipment
on our network. Faulty
hardware is rare, but
cannot be predicted nor
avoided. Energized Hosting™
utilizes only name brand
hardware of the highest
quality and perfomance.
Energized Hosting™
will replace all faulty
hardware affecting performance
levels of equipment within
48 hours, which includes
hardware issues that cause
server crashes or speed
issues. Hardware failure
resulting in complete
network/server outage/downtime
will be corrected within
two hours of problem identification.
Router failure is an exception
to this SLA guarantee,
and may require on-site
Cisco™ engineers
or backbone provider emergency
personnel to correct the
problem. Router failure
is governed by current
Energized Hosting™
contracts with Cisco™
and backbone providers
in regard to the emergency
repair service in case
of such an issue. Energized
Hosting™ will replace
all faulty hardware on
dedicated servers (rented
or leased servers), at
no charge to the Client,
with an unlimited free
replacement policy. This
includes parts ordered
as upgrades.
Credits:
Credit requests must be
made on the Energized
Hosting™ web site,
by filling out the "Service
Level Agreement (SLA)
Request" form. Each
request in connection
with network/server outages/downtime
must be received by Energized
Hosting™ within
five days of the occurance.
Each request in connection
with Average Round-Trip
Latency or Average Packet
Loss in a calendar month
must be received by Energized
Hosting™ within
five days after the end
of such month. The total
amount credited to a Client
for Energized Hosting™
not meeting SLA service
levels will not exceed
the service fees paid
by Client Energized Hosting™
for such services for
the period in question.
Each validly requested
credit will be applied
to a Client invoice within
30 days after Energized
Hosting's™ receipt
of such request. Credits
are exclusive of any applicable
taxes charged to Client
or collected by Energized
Hosting™. Upon Client’s
request (in accordance
with the procedure set
forth below), Energized
Hosting™ will issue
a credit to Client for
network/server outages/downtime
occurring during any calendar
month that are reported
by Client to Energized
Hosting™ and confirmed
by Energized Hosting's™
measurement reporting.
Such credit will be equal
to one day’s worth
(1/30th) of the monthly
fees paid by Client, (for
all service fees paid
if network outage, or
specific affected service
fees paid if individual
server downtime) multiplied
by each hour (or portion
thereof rounded to nearest
next hour) of the cumulative
duration of such outage/downtime.
If Average Round-Trip
Latency on the Energized
Hosting™ network
for a calendar month exceeds
85 milliseconds, then
upon Client's request,
Energized Hosting™
will issue a credit to
Client equal to one day's
worth (1/30th) of the
monthly service fees paid
by Client for such month.
If Average Packet Loss
exceeds 1% during a calendar
month, then upon Client’s
request, Energized Hosting™
will issue a credit to
Client equal to one day's
worth (1/30th) of the
monthly service fees paid
by Client for such month.
Account
cancellations
Your account can be cancelled
ONLY by submitting secure
service cancellation form.
Other methods of cancellation
are not valid. Once the
form submitted account
will be cancelled within
60 minutes.
General:
Energized Hosting Inc
reserves the right to
change or modify this
SLA to benefit the Client,
and will post changes
to location currently
housing this SLA at time
of modification, which
will be made available
to Client. Except as set
forth in this SLA, Energized
Hosting™ makes no
claims regarding the availability
or performance of the
Energized Hosting™
network or servers. Specific
terms/points of this SLA
may be adjusted on a case
by case basis by the specific
Service Agreement signed/agreed
by client. In case of
difference terms/points
in SLA and Service Agreement,
the Service Agreement
terms/points prevail over
this general SLA policy.
The Service Agreement
signed/agreed by client,
is above and beyond this
SLA, and Service Agreement
terms are in affect, including,
but not limited to, limitations
of liability.
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