This IVTech Corp Service Level Agreement (“SLA”) is a policy governing the use of IVTech Corp under the terms of the IVTech Corp Terms of Service between the IVTech Corp and its affiliates (“IVTech Corp” “us” or “we”) and users of IVTech Corp services (also referred as “you”). This SLA applies separately to each account using IVTech Corp services. Unless otherwise provided herein, this SLA is subject to the terms of the IVTech Corp Agreement, and capitalized terms will have the meaning specified in the IVTech Corp Agreement. We reserve the right to change the terms of this SLA in accordance with the IVTech Corp Agreement.
1. DEDICATED SERVER DEPLOYMENT - 24 HOURS
Dedicated servers (Bare-metal) estimated preparation time is 24 hours after your payment. Virtual servers are prepared in 20-120 min. This time is measured from the time your payment is processed and your order is confirmed. Please keep in mind that credit card payments might take extra time for ID verification in order to avoid fraud. Note: For customized dedicated servers, defined as a server that we do not currently have in stock or one that requires hardware upgrades or physical changes for customer needs, server preparation time is not defined, however you will be informed about estimated server preparation time before we process your order.
2. HARDWARE REPLACEMENT - 3 HOURS
The longest amount of time you will have to wait for broken server hardware to be replaced is 3 hours. This is measured from the time we complete troubleshooting the issue and determine that it is hardware related.
2. NETWORK UPTIME - 99,97%
Our network uptime is 99.97%. All the downtime will be credited with
service credits per our SLA for every minute it is down. Based on
the amount of downtime, your service time may be extended from 1 to
13 days
Uptime Credit
< 99.97% 1 days
< 99.9% 2 days
< 99.8% 3 days
< 99.7% 5 days
< 99.6% 8 days
< 99.5% 13 days
4. POWER UPTIME - 99,97%
Our data centers will be online 99.97%
of the time and you will be credited
with service credits per our SLA for
every minute it is down. Based on the
amount of downtime, your service time
may be extended from 1 to 13 days.
Uptime Credit
< 99.97% 1 days
< 99.9% 2 days
< 99.8% 3 days
< 99.7% 5 days
< 99.6% 8 days
< 99.5% 13 days
5. FIRST RESPONSE TO SUPPORT TICKET - 15 MINUTES
The longest amount of time you will have to wait for a first response to a support ticket is 15 minutes. This is measured from the minute your ticket is received by our system and a ticket number is issued.
6. TICKET UPDATE FREQUENCY - 1 HOUR
The longest amount of time you will have to wait for an update while we are working on your ticket is 1 hour. This is measured from the last time we responded to the ticket.
7. TECHNICAL LIVE SUPPORT - 5 MINUTES (DURING WORK HOURS)
The longest amount of time you will have to wait for a technical live support answer is 5
minutes. This is measured from the moment your request is received by our system.
IVTech Corp commits to inform the customer about the future known actions of IVTech Corp or
third party’s actions, that may affect the availability, quality and effectiveness of the
provided services. In case of maintenance or network disorders IVTech Corp commits to inform
the customer at least two days before the scheduled action or sooner/later if there is a
need.
Any disruption of service that impacts or may threaten any of the above Service Commitments
for more than 5 servers provided by IVTech Corp, and is explicitly stated as “urgent” by you
in communication with IVTech Corp support personnel, will be treated as major service
incident, i.e. will be treated as highest priority issue, assigned a designated person
responsible for resolution, reported to IVTech Corp management, investigated and resolved
according to our incident management procedure. Major service incident tickets will not be
closed without review and explicit acceptance of resolution from you.
8. IV Tech Corp SLA EXCLUSIONS
The Service Commitment does not apply to any unavailability, suspension or termination of the IVTech Corp or any other IVTech Corp performance issues: (i) caused by factors outside of our reasonable control, including any force majeure event or Internet access or related problems beyond the demarcation point of IVTech Corp; (ii) that result from any actions or inactions of you or any third party, including failure to acknowledge a recovery volume; (iii) that result from your equipment, software or other technology and/or third party equipment, software or other technology (other than third party equipment within our direct control); (iv) that result from any maintenance as provided for pursuant to the IVTech Corp Service Agreement; or (vii) arising from our suspension and termination of your right to use IVTech Corp in accordance with the IVTech Corp Service Agreement (collectively, the “IVTech Corp SLA Exclusions”).
9. DEFINITIONS
“Downtime” refers to a period of time that a system fails to provide or perform its primary function. Downtime is measured based on server-side error rate. „Service Credit“ is the accumulated period of time, which is added in case our data center has any disturbances of service and do not keep agreed SLA conditions. In order to receive any of the Service Credits described above, Customer must notify IVTech Corp within thirty days from the time the Customer becomes eligible to receive Service Credits. Failure to comply with this requirement will forfeit Customer's right to receive a Service Credit. The aggregate maximum number of Service Credits to be issued by IVTech Corp to Customer for all Downtime that occurs in a single calendar month shall not exceed thirty days of Service added to the end of Customer's term for the Service. Service Credits may not be exchanged for, or converted to monetary amounts.