Cymbiant Internet Hosting

Dedicated Server Service Level Agreement (SLA)

Hardware Replacement Service Level Agreement

Cymbiant LTD guarantees that in the event of a dedicated server hardware failure, the faulty hardware will be replaced within 30 Minutes of identifying the problem. In the event that this guarantee is not met, Cymbiant LTD will issue a credit for ten times the actual amount of additional downtime recorded by service monitoring logs. The amount of compensation may not exceed the customer’s monthly recurring charge. This guarantee does not include the time it requires to perform additional software related maintenance, including rebuilding web accounts from backups, cloning hard drives, reloading the operating system, reloading and configuring applications, or rebuilding RAID arrays.
Network Uptime Service Level Agreement

Cymbiant LTD guarantees network uptime to be 99.999%. This guarantee assures that all major routing devices within our network are reachable from the global internet 99.999% of the time.
Network SLA Exclusions

Many possible situations are completely beyond the control of Cymbiant LTD, and therefore are not in the scope of this SLA. These situations include:

Scheduled Network Maintenance - occasionally network maintenance will be required. Cymbiant LTD will do everything possible to minimize and avoid downtime during this maintenance.
You will receive prior notification of upcoming maintenance at the e-mail address we have on file. Scheduled maintenance periods are not eligible for SLA credits.

Hardware Maintenance - on rare occasions, the hardware in your Dedicated Server may need maintenance or replacement. Cymbiant LTD will do everything possible to minimize any downtime in these situations per our hardware replacement SLA. Any downtime incurred as a result of this maintenance will not be counted towards our network SLA.

Software Maintenance - an important part of managing a dedicated server is keeping the software up to date. If you choose to have Cymbiant LTD manage your server, occasional software updates will be required to address security or performance issues. Usually you will experience little or no downtime in these situations, but we cannot guarantee a specific amount of time in all situations.

Malicious Attacks - if a third party not associated with Cymbiant LTD initiates a "Denial of Service" or other form of disabling attack against your Dedicated Server or major portions of our network, Cymbiant LTD will do everything in its power to stop the attack, but cannot guarantee a resolution time.

Legal Actions - In the case that a legal action is taken against a customer of Cymbiant LTD and Cymbiant LTD is required to act in accordance with the order, Cymbiant LTD shall not be responsible for any SLA damages.

cPanel Issues - if you choose to run cPanel and Web Host Manager on your Dedicated Server, the default install will be configured for automatic updates of cPanel related software. On occasion, one of these automatic updates could adversely affect all or part of the cPanel related software on your server. Cymbiant LTD will do whatever is necessary to fix any cPanel related problems, but cannot guarantee a resolution time.
Network SLA Remedy
In the event that Cymbiant LTD does not meet this SLA, Dedicated Hosting clients will become eligible to request compensation for downtime reported by service monitoring logs. If Cymbiant LTD is or is not directly responsible for causing the downtime, the customer will receive a credit for 10 times ( 1,000% ) the actual amount of downtime. This means that if your server is unreachable for 1 hour (beyond the 0.0% allowed), you will receive 10 hours of credit.

All requests for compensation must be received within 5 business days of the incident in question. The amount of compensation may not exceed the customer’s monthly recurring charge. This SLA does not apply for any month that the customer has been in breach of Cymbiant LTD Terms of Service or if the account is in default of payment.
Response Time SLA’s

Cymbiant LTD’s fully-managed customers are covered by our initial response time guarantee:

The Help Desk Initial Response Time Guarantee (30 Minutes)

That means that when you submit a trouble ticket via our help desk system you are guaranteed a response from a Support technician within thirty minutes. If Cymbiant LTD fails to respond within thirty minutes, you will be credited 10 times the amount of time exceeding our SLA commitment. That means that if your ticket goes 1 hour past our stated initial response time guarantee, your account will receive a 10 hour hosting credit.
Compensation

All requests for compensation must be received within 5 business days of the incident in question. The amount of compensation may not exceed the customer’s monthly recurring charge. This SLA does not apply for any month that the customer has been in breach of Cymbiant LTD Terms of Service or if the account is in default of payment. Duplication of SLA compensation is not allowed. Only one SLA credit may be given per incident. For example: if a network outage SLA event and a phone SLA event happen simultaneously. SLA compensation will only be given for one of the events.

Cymbiant LTD utilizes some third party services to provide responses to customers. If a third party system’s failure prevents Cymbiant LTD from honoring the Response Time SLA requirements the SLA event will be ineligible for compensation.
How to Report a Problem

Cymbiant LTD technicians are available 24 hours a day. There are a number of ways to reach us, including phone support, online help desk, and e-mail.

Phone - 0844 8260341

Help Desk - https://client.cymbiant.co.uk/submitticket.php

E-mail - support@cymbiant.co.uk