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Virtual Private Server Service Level Agreemeent


The Service Level Agreement (SLA) is incorporated into the Master Service Agreement and applicable to virtual private server 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.

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.

Virtual Private Servers: Virtual Private Server nodes are covered by this policy. Individiual Virtual Private Servers are not guaranteed under this policy. Future Hosting guarantees 99.9% uptime to the node and the ability access Virtuozzo PowerPanel to reboot your VPS if it is non-responsive. Future Hosting does not guarantee uptime on internal services such as MySQL, Apache, FTP, etc. If a resolution is offered to a customer experiencing downtime (e.g. new Virutal Private Server on another node), the downtime and credit ends upon delivery of the offered resolution. Hardware and iSCSI failures fall under the hardware category below. SLA credit claims wlil be based upon the time between when a ticket is opened by the customer regarding the downtime and the time to resolution of the issue.

Public Network, Power/HVAC Infrastructure, and Virtuozzo node 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 4 hours of an outage. The iSCSI device falls under the hardware SLA.

Replacement Guarantee SLA Credit
4 hours or less Guaranteed
4.1 to 8 hours 10%
8.1 to 12 hours 25%
12.1 to 16 hours 50%
16.1 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. Failure to install the hardware within the four hour time will result in a SLA credit as outlined below.

Replacement Guarantee SLA Credit
4 hours or less Guaranteed
4.1 to 8 hours 20%
8.1 to 12 hours 40%
12.1 to 16 hours 60%
16.1 to 24 hours 80%
24.1 hours + 100%

The following documents are provided for current customers. Unrelated third parties without contract privity shall receive no benefits from the contract terms listed herein.