This document contains the supplementary provisions on availability, maintenance, and response and recovery times for the platform as a service (PaaS) provided by THINGER.IO.
Service Availability
The Service will be considered available so long as Customer is able to log in to its interface and view Customer Data ("Service Availability"). The applicable Service Availability will be calculated as a percentage of: (1) the total number of minutes in a month after (2) subtracting any periods of unavailability during such month from the total number of minutes in a month.
Single Server Availability: 95-99%
Cluster Server Availability: 99,999%
Note that Thinger.io offers multiple subscriptions to suit the needs of each client and project, the terms of this agreement are the same for each of them, however, the applicable KPIs vary. The following list provides an overview of these metrics:
Recovery
System recovery time depends on the criticality of the issue and the service level, Thinger.io provides the following recovery attributes:
Fail type
Basic
Professional
Instance event
3-8 h
1-3h
Host event
6-12h
2-6h
Remedy and Procedure
The customer’s remedy and the procedure shall be applied when the customer faces a downtime situation.
1.
There must be a support ticket documenting the reported un-Availability within five (5) Business Days of the end of the service interruption;
2.
There are no invoice amounts on the customer’s account on which the customer is in default;
3.
The customer must notify Thinger.io at least be email within five (5) Business Days by opening a support ticket and providing the following details together:
1.
List the individual functional areas of the service that were affected
2.
List the server web domains that were affected
3.
List the date and time the Downtime occurred
4.
List usernames and email addresses affected by the Downtime
5.
List and estimate of the amount of actual Downtime in minutes
6.
Include a description of the problem
Service terminacion request
Any customer who faces a Service Availability below those indicated in the table may request termination of the service. Such termination will be effective as of the end of the then-current billing period and no additional fees will be charged.
Timing
Single Server
Cluster Server
Single calendar month
90.0 %
95%
Two consecutive calendar months
95.0 %
99%
Downtime hours can be also be redeemed by credits at a 1:1 ratio.
Additional terms and definitions
Additional terms in bold below for the purpose of this SLA are defined as follows:
“Business Days” means Monday to Friday excluding January 1 and December 25.
“Business Hours” at Thinger.io means from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. CET/CEST on Business Days.
“Downtime” means the total number of minutes, outside Scheduled and Regular Maintenance periods, that the customer cannot access the SaaS Service. The calculation of Downtime excludes time that the customer is unable to access the SaaS Service due to any of the following situations:
Scheduled Downtime
Customer’s own internet service provide
Force majeure event
Any systemic internet failures
Any failure in the customer’s own hardware, software or network connection
Customer’s bandwidth restrictions
Customer’s acts or omissions
Anything outside of the reasonable control of Thinger.io
Customer negligences and unscalable infrastructure use, including server CPU or RAM overloads.
Support Helpdesk
Service Scope
Thinger.io Support Helpdesk provides technical support and help on all Thinger.io products and services. It can be reached via email, or web portal. and under the following conditions.
The following aspects are covered by the Support Helpdesk:
System service interruption/outage
System service updates/maintenance
System service behavior that is not in line with what the customer’s users expect
Support regarding functionality.
The following aspects are NOT covered by the Support Helpdesk:
Requests from third-party provider(s) of the customer
Networks, devices, servers and workstations managed by the customer
Requests regarding configuration and customization of Thinger.io products and services.
Support helpdesk availability
Theinger.io Support Helpdesk is available on Business Days via E-mail at [email protected] on Business Days from 8.00 a.m. - 22.00 p.m. CET/CEST this service will be provided indifferently from Spain and Mexico in English or Spanish.
Support Helpdesk Response Time
The Support Helpdesk Response Time is defined as the time from when the customer enters the request into the Thinger.io ticketing system or from when Thinger.io receives an email from the customer to the time when Thinger.io replies and starts working on the request. The Response Time is calculated based on the Service Times defined in the table down below. The maximum Response Times vary depending on the severity of the incident and the SLA level; the priority for resolution is determined by Thinger.io when evaluating the customer’s request.
Priority
Description fault
Response Time
High
Use of the Software or substantial parts thereof or complete processes is impossible
1 hour
Medium
Use of the Software is substantially impaired, but basic use is possible
8 hours
Low
The SaaS Service is available but exhibits minor problems not affecting the result
Under Thinger.io discretion
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