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ColoServe 10,000% Guaranteed™, 100% Uptime* Service Level Agreement (SLA)
ColoServe’s 10,000% Guaranteed™, 100% Uptime Service Level Agreement (SLA) is a first in the data center and colocation industry. No competing SLA is as detailed or as generous. This unique document is your guarantee that ColoServe is your best choice for San Francisco Colocation – and the only company with such a strong service level agreement that we make it publicly available on our web site (along with real-time network performance tests to 39 different networks worldwide and other tools).
Many colocation companies do not offer any SLA. The number of service issues that we address in our SLA is testimony to the care we put into serving our customers. Plus, our SLA includes a clause that allows you to get out of any contract so that you don’t risk unacceptable service. Only ColoServe stands behind our server hosting and managed services, and behind your business, with an industry-leading 10,000% Guaranteed™, 100% Uptime Service Level Agreement.
ColoServe 10,000% Guaranteed™, 100% Uptime* Service Level Agreement (SLA)
This 10,000% Guaranteed, 100% Uptime Service Level Agreement (this “SLA”) is a binding agreement between ColoServe and Customer and supplements the Terms of Service executed between the parties, posted at http://www.coloserve.com/tos.html (the “Agreement”).
This SLA covers the following elements of the Service:
- Network Performance
- Hardware Replacement
- Support Response Time
- Domain Name Services
- Power Availability & Performance
- Cooling & Environment
- Server Power Cycling
- Physical Security
- 24 x 365 On-Site Engineering
* "Uptime" refers to network performance, as defined in Article II.B below.
I. REMEDIES FOR SERVICE FAILURE
A. 10,000% Guaranteed
(1) If the Service does not achieve the performance levels described in Articles II through X below (“Failure”), ColoServe will provide Customer with a 10,000% Service Credit (as defined below), pursuant to the provisions, requirements, and limitations of this SLA, including Articles XI through XIII.
(2) A “10,000% Service Credit” is a credit equivalent to one hundred (100) times Customer’s Service Fees for the duration of the Failure, applied against fees for the Service Element (as defined below) subject to the Failure. (For example, where applicable pursuant to this SLA: a Failure lasting seven (7) hours would result in credit of seven hundred (700) hours of free service; a Failure lasting fifteen (15) minutes would result in a 1500-minute, or 25-hour, credit.) No credit will exceed one hundred percent (100%) of Customer’s Fees for such Service Element for the then-current billing month. A “Service Element” is any element or feature of the Service assigned its own price on any ColoServe price list or invoice or on any quote given to Customer. All credits referenced in this SLA are 10,000% Service Credits.
B. Contract Termination Option
Customer may terminate the Agreement, pursuant to Subsection 3(b) of the Agreement, without advanced notice, in the event that ColoServe awards it 60 or more days of total credits during any single contract year, provided 3 or more separate instances of Failure occurred during such year. For purposes of this clause, a contract year is the 12-month period beginning on first day ColoServe provides Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this SLA does not authorize termination of any Service Element for which ColoServe purchased telecommunications circuits or other resources for Customer’s sole use.
C. Exclusive Remedies & Warranty Disclaimer
The remedies set forth in this SLA are Customer’s sole and exclusive remedies for Failure, including without limitation for any breach of warranty, except as specifically set forth in the Agreement.
II. NETWORK PERFORMANCE
ColoServe will deliver 100% Uptime, as defined in Part II.B below. In addition, ColoServe will deliver network performance meeting or exceeding the specifications listed in this Article II.
A. Network Performance Terms
“Jitter” means variation in Latency.
“Latency” refers to the amount of time it takes for a packet of data to travel from one point to another.
“Maximum Jitter” means the highest permissible level of jitter within a given period when there is no Network Outage.
“Network Outage” means an unscheduled period during which IP services are not useable due to capacity-constraints on the ColoServe network or a hardware failure in the ColoServe network.
“Packet Loss” means Latency in excess of 10 seconds.
All Jitter, Latency, and Packet Loss metrics below are monthly averages, unless otherwise noted in this Article II.
B. Internal Network Performance
- Network Outage: None
- Packet loss < 0.1%
- Latency < 5ms
- Jitter < 0.5ms
- Maximum Jitter: 10 milliseconds within any 15-minute period.
C. External Network Performance
At least two (2) of the specified networks in each continent will meet the performance specifications listed below at any given time, as measured by ColoServe. ColoServe may change the specific measured hardware devices without notice. (ColoServe displays current network performance Statistics online at http://www.coloserve.com.)
- North American Network Performance
- Packet loss to
- West Coast of North America < 0.2%
- East Coast of North America < 0.3%
- Latency to
- West Coast of North America < 45ms
- East Coast of North America < 90ms
- Jitter to
- West Coast of North America < 1.0ms
- East Coast of North America < 1.2ms
- Maximum Jitter: 10 milliseconds during any 15-minute period.
- ColoServe currently measures performance to the following North American networks: Verio, Level3, Above.net, UUNet.
- South American Network Performance
- Latency to South America < 220ms
- Maximum Jitter: 10 milliseconds during any 15-minute period.
- ColoServe currently measures performance to the following South American networks:
Brazil: UOL, STI
Chile: Netline, Firstcom
Argentina: UOL Sinectus, Sion - European Network Performance
- Latency to Europe < 175ms
- Maximum Jitter: 10 milliseconds during any 15-minute period.
- ColoServe currently measures performance to the following European networks:
France: Tiscali, France Telecom, Neuf Telecom
United Kingdom: NTL, Zen, Pipex
Germany: Star 21 Networks, PJS net, T-Online - Asian Network Performance
- Latency to Asia < 170ms
- Maximum Jitter: 10 milliseconds during any 15-minute period.
- ColoServe currently measures performance to the following Asian networks:
Japan: Singtel, Tuka, IA Japan
Hong Kong: Uni Net, Linkage, HK Supernet
South Korea: Kornet, Moumnet, BoraNet / SuperNet - Australia Network Performance
- Latency to Australia < 200ms
- Maximum Jitter: 10 milliseconds during any period of 0.1% of a calendar month.
- ColoServe currently measures performance to the following Australian networks:
Optusnet, iiNet, Netspace, TPG, Adam Internet - South Africa Network Performance
- Latency to South Africa < 480ms
- Maximum Jitter: 10 milliseconds during any period of 0.1% of a calendar month.
- ColoServe currently measures performance to the following South African networks:
South Africa: Coza, XSInet, Inloco
Zimbabwe: Mweb, Utande, Telconet
D. Limitations
This SLA does not cover (without limitation): (a) network performance to Customer’s physical location or internet access point (such as a local DSL/cable modem); or (b) failures due to denial of service attacks.
III. HARDWARE REPLACEMENT
60-minute replacement of the following ColoServe-provided hardware:
- Hard drive
- Memory
- Processor
- Power supply
- Network Interface Card (two per server)
- Motherboard (results in complete server replacement)
- Hardware firewall
ColoServe will repair or remove and install reasonably comparable replacements if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the hardware is defective. The period listed above begins upon such determination. The period listed above refers only to the time required to physically repair or replace the failed hardware element and does not apply to any time spent: (a) addressing data, operating systems, or other software or systems corrupted or destroyed by hardware failures; or (b) communicating with Customer regarding permissions or instructions.
IV. SUPPORT RESPONSE TIME
- EMERGENCY tickets - 30 minutes
- The following are the EMERGENCY categories:
- Server down
- Packet loss
- Routing issue
- All other tickets - 120 minutes
A tracking number will automatically be provided to Customer promptly after ticket creation, and a human support engineer will review the support request within the timeframe listed above. ColoServe may reclassify any ticket misclassified as falling into one of the EMERGENCY categories listed above, and such tickets will not qualify for EMERGENCY treatment. Resolution and repair times vary, and this SLA does not address them.
V. DOMAIN NAME SERVICES
- Primary DNS availability: 100%
“DNS” means domain name server. A period of DNS failure is any time during which 100% of ColoServe ’s Domain Name Servers simultaneously fail to respond to requests for name resolution. This SLA does not guarantee propagation of DNS data across the Internet or the hosting of secondary DNS service for Customer’s primary domain in another location, and it does not guarantee against zone inaccuracies due to operator error. No failure listed in the preceding sentence will be considered a Failure.
VI. POWER AVAILABILITY & PERFORMANCE
ColoServe will provide power availability sufficient to run Customer hardware 100% of the time. ColoServe will also provide the power performance required below.
- Availability: 100%
- Voltage fluctuations: +/- 10%
A power Failure is a loss of electrical power or a voltage fluctuation, exceeding the limits above, in any part of the delivery system (utility company supply, on-site generation, UPS, circuit, or power strip) which causes Customer’s hardware to shut down. A period of power-related Failure is measured from the time that the support ticket is opened to the time that the electrical supply is restored, and does not include any time required to remedy any issues resulting from the electrical failure.
VII. COOLING & ENVIRONMENT
- Data Center Temperature: 67 – 74 degrees Fahrenheit
- Relative Humidity: 35% - 60%
As used in this SLA: (a) relative humidity is the ratio of water vapor density (mass per unit volume) to saturation water vapor density, expressed in a percentage; and (b) both temperature and relative humidity are averages of several measurements, each from one of the Facility’s CRAC (computer room air conditioning) units. ColoServe will monitor, but is not required to report to Customer on, environmental conditions in the Facility.
Cooling and environment credits apply to fees for Space rental only. Space rental will be considered a Service Element, and if ColoServe has not assigned it a specific price, ColoServe may determine, at its sole discretion, the portion of fees attributable to Space rental.
VIII. SERVER POWER CYCLING
- Server power cycling: < 15 minutes
The Service includes an automated system for cycling each individual power circuit. The Customer Portal allows Customer to request an immediate power cycle (a “Reboot Request”). This SLA applies only to requests for power cycling initiated through such automated system. The figure listed above is the maximum period between the time of the Reboot Request and either the actual server power cycling or notice to Customer that the power cycling failed. Any failure of ColoServe’s system to respond within that timeframe constitutes Failure only if Customer files a trouble ticket requesting a manual server power cycle.
IX. PHYSICAL SECURITY
- 24 x 365 on-site security
ColoServe will ensure the presence of a professional security guard in the building at all times, charged with enforcing ColoServe’s security policies. (Those policies require, among other things, that ColoServe employees, vendors, and visitors wear a badge and that visitors who have not been issued a permanent badge leave a valid U.S. driver’s license or passport with the guard while on the premises.)
X. 24 x 365 ON-SITE ENGINEERING
- 24 x 365 On-Site Engineering, w/ Telephone, Chat, and Ticketing
ColoServe will maintain support engineers actively on duty on the raised data center floor 24 hours per day, every day of the year. These engineers monitor ColoServe’s network operations center (“NOC”) and assist customers via telephone, online chat, and online support tickets. Any period during which ColoServe does not have one or more support engineer on site and on duty constitutes a period of Failure.
XI. CREDIT REQUIREMENTS
The following are required for credits:
A. Customer must open a valid and complete trouble ticket through the Customer Portal during any Failure, providing complete information regarding the nature of the problem, including any information reasonably necessary for diagnosis and correction. Customer will provide this notification even if ColoServe provides monitoring services.
B. Customer must provide ColoServe with accurate and complete designated points of contact, using the Customer Portal. Customer must provide ColoServe with accurate passwords for maintenance and repair use by ColoServe engineers. Delays or failures caused by Customer’s failure to abide by the requirements of this Article XI.B do not constitute Failures.
C. Customer must request any credits by accurately completing the automated SLA Credit Request process online at the Customer Portal within 48 hours of the start of the Failure.
XII. CREDIT LIMITATIONS
A. The minimum period of Failure eligible for a credit is 60 seconds, and shorter periods will not be aggregated. The maximum credit for any single Failure is one month’s Service fees. In the event that multiple periods of Failure overlap in time, credits will not be aggregated, and Customer will receive credit only for the longest such period of Failure. The maximum credit during a single calendar year, for all Service Elements combined, is two months’ Service fees, regardless of the length of Failure or the number of occurrences. The period of Failure for Network Performance, Domain Name Services, Power Availability & Performance, Cooling & Environment, and Physical Security (Articles II, V-VII, and IX above) begins upon filing of a trouble ticket and ends when the Failure is remedied.
B. In the event that credits for any calendar month exceed 25% of ColoServe’s revenues for such period, ColoServe may reduce and pro-rate the value of credits given to all Customers for such period so that the aggregate credit given to all Customers does not exceed 25% of revenues. As used in the previous sentence, “ColoServe’s revenues” and “all Customers” refer to revenues and customers from Internet colocation services sold under the “ColoServe” brand, and not to revenues or customers from any other business unit operating under another name or providing services other than or in addition to Internet colocation. ColoServe may employ such accounting procedures as it chooses in calculating revenues, in its sole discretion, and nothing herein will be construed to require that ColoServe disclose non-public information about its finances to Customer or to any party.
C. Credits available pursuant to this SLA apply only to future service delivery. ColoServe is not required to provide refunds pursuant to this SLA. If Customer’s Signup provides for a Prepayment Period, credit will apply to any renewal of such Prepayment Period, but Customer may instead elect to apply credit to any additional ColoServe products or services. If Customer retains a credit balance on termination of the account in question, such credit is forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, credits will not be applied against fees for Professional Services, bundled support, or setup fees.
D. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this SLA, the following do not constitute Failures: (1) downtime during scheduled maintenance or Emergency Maintenance (as defined below) periods; (2) outages caused by acts or omissions of Customer, including its applications, equipment, or facilities, or by any use or user of the Service authorized by Customer; (3) outages caused by hackers, sabotage, viruses, worms, or other third party wrongful actions; (4) DNS issues outside of ColoServe’s control; (5) outages resulting from Internet anomalies outside of ColoServe’s control; and (6) outages resulting from fires, explosions, or force majeure. “Emergency Maintenance” refers to any corrective action intended to remedy conditions likely to cause severe Service degradation, as designated by ColoServe in its sole discretion. Emergency Maintenance may include but is not limited to actions intended to address hardware or software failures or viruses/worms. As provided in Section 6 of the Agreement, ColoServe will exercise reasonable efforts to inform Customer in advance before interrupting the Service for Emergency Maintenance, but such notice is not guaranteed and failure thereof does not constitute Failure.
XIII. Terms of Service / The Agreement
Terms defined in the Agreement will have the same meaning when used in this SLA. In the event of any conflict between this SLA and the Agreement, the Agreement will govern.