1. Service Levels
a. Hours of Operation; Response Time. Client support calls can be logged to Host’s appropriate call centre on business days during the call centre's normal hours. Host will use reasonable efforts to respond to a service call promptly after the call is logged by a Host call center representative. Host shall acknowledge all incidents within 8 business hours.
b. Maintenance. Host shall provide scheduled maintenance (“Scheduled Maintenance”) for the purpose of general maintenance and upkeep of the system, including, without limitation, general adjustments to the system, the installation of bug fixes and patches, and the implementation of updates, upgrades, revisions and new versions Host, Client and other third party software and hardware. Host shall also provide remedial maintenance (“Remedial Maintenance”), including responding to problems encountered by Client and End Users which problems are reported to Host by Client designated personnel or agents. Host reserves the right to conduct maintenance as necessary. Maintenance is appropriate, and Scheduled Maintenance and Remedial Maintenance shall each be conducted whenever practicable.
c. System Availability.
(i) "System Availability" means the ratio of minutes that the Host Services are available (excluding Scheduled Maintenance) in any calendar month period to the total number of minutes in that one (1) month period. Problems or outages caused by systems or providers outside of Host's control – such as, but not limited to, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the Internet network backbone, telecommunications network, domain name service providers, or the Client data centre – shall not be included in the calculation of System Availability. 1
(ii) If Host fails to meet the System Availability standards set forth in Section (c)(iii) below during any given calendar month period, then Host will, upon notification by Client and verification by Host, apply the percentage credits set forth in Section (c)(iii) below, based on the Hosting Service Fees accrued and paid by Client during the calendar month period in which the credit arose. Host shall apply such credits against Client’s invoice for the month following the period in which the credit arose.
(iii) System Availability Standards during calendar month period.
2. Corrective Procedures
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