Dedicated Service Level Agreemeent
The Service Level Agreement (SLA) is incorporated into the Master
Service Agreement and applicable to dedicated services delivered
directly to Customers of Future Hosting, LLC. The SLA is not
applicable to unrelated third parties or third parties lacking
privity of contract with Future Hosting. The uptime guarantees
and the resulting SLA credits are applied in monthly terms unless
specified otherwise. All SLA guarantees and information listed
below are made in good faith and are subject to standard contract
remedies.
SLA Credit Claim: To properly claim an SLA credit due, a master
administrative user must open an SLA ticket located inside
the help desk within five days of the purported outage. Customer
must include service type, IP Address, contact information,
and full description of the service interruption including
logs if applicable. The SLA claim will be researched by the
appropriate department manager and any credit issued will be
issued to accounting and the ticket will be updated. SLA credits
are issued as service credits on future billing cycles. SLA
credits shall not be bartered or traded with other Future Hosting
customers. Please allow up to twenty (20) days for the processing
of SLA claims.
SLA Claim Fault: Customers currently in arrears for monthly
services do not qualify for SLA claims. Customers making false
or repetitive claims will incur a one time charge of $50 per
incident for such claims. False or repetitive claims are also
a violation of the Terms of Service and may be subject to service
suspension. Customers participating in malicious or aggressive
internet activities thereby causing attacks or counterattacks,
do not qualify for SLA claims and shall be in violation of
the AUP.
Public Network: Future Hosting guarantees 99.9% uptime on
all public network services to Customers located in our datacenters.
All public network services include redundant carrier grade
internet backbone connections, advanced intrusion detection
systems, denial of service mitigation, traffic analysis, and
detailed bandwidth graphs. Specific guarantees with SLA information
are listed in the table below.
Private Network: Future Hosting guarantees 99.9% uptime on
the service network services to Customers located in our datacenters.
All private network services include access to the secure VPN
connection, unlimited bandwidth between servers, unlimited
uploads/downloads to servers, access to contracted services,
traffic analysis, and detailed bandwidth graphs. Specific guarantees
with SLA information are listed in the table below.
Customer Help Desk: Future Hosting guarantees 99.9% access
to the online customer management help desk. The help desk
is utilized to fully manage the on-demand IT environments located
within the Future Hosting datacenters. Help desk access includes
ticket access and access to request various services.
Redundant Infrastructure: Future Hosting guarantees 99.9%
uptime on the power and HVAC services to Customers located
in our datacenters. All computer equipment and related services
are served by redundant UPS power units with backup onsite
diesel generators. Specific guarantees with SLA information
are listed in the table below.
Dedicated Servers: Individual dedicated servers are covered
by the network clauses under the service level agreement. Future
Hosting does not guarantee uptime on internal services such
as MySQL, Apache, FTP, etc.
Public Network, Private Network, Help Desk, and Infrastructure
SLA listed below:
| Uptime Guarantee |
SLA Credit |
| 99.9% |
Guaranteed |
| 99.8% |
10% |
| 99.7% |
20% |
| 99.6% |
30% |
| 99.5% |
40% |
| 99.4% |
50% |
| 99.3% |
60% |
| 99.2% |
70% |
| 99.1% |
80% |
| 99.0% |
90% |
| Less than 99.0% |
100% |
|
Hardware: Future Hosting guarantees the replacement of failed
hardware and hardware components located within our datacenters.
Future Hosting guarantees a failed hardware component will
be replaced within 8 hours of customer notification in the
trouble ticketing system. Replacement of failed hardware does
not include time required to reload the operating system or
applications. Specific guarantees with SLA information is listed
below. Hardware failures must be submitted to the hardware
failure ticket desk in order to qualify.
| Replacement Guarantee |
SLA Credit |
| 8 hours or less |
Guaranteed |
| 8.1 to 10 hours |
20% |
| 10.1 to 14 hours |
40% |
| 16.1 to 20 hours |
60% |
| 20.1 to 24 hours |
80% |
| 24.1 hours + |
100% |
|
Hardware Upgrades: Future Hosting guarantees hardware upgrades
will commence and complete within four hours of scheduled hardware
upgrade maintenance windows. Hardware upgrades must be scheduled
and confirmed in advance through the online ticketing system.
Failure to install the hardware within the four hour time will
result in a waiver of any one time installation fees. Extended
hardware installation times from initial upgrade commencement
shall result in SLA credits as listed below. This policy covers
dedicated servers only.
| Replacement Guarantee |
SLA Credit |
| 4 hours or less |
Guaranteed |
| 4.1 to 6 hours |
10% |
| 6.1 to 8 hours |
20% |
| 8.1 to 12 hours |
40% |
| 12.1 to 16 hours |
60% |
| 16.1 to 20 hours |
80% |
| 20.1 hours + |
100% |
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The following documents are provided for current customers.
Unrelated third parties without contract privity shall receive
no benefits from the contract terms listed herein.
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