Customer Services Description
Operating system
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| CentOS | Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Server features – access and updates
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| Root access |
Yes – full |
Administrator access |
Yes – full |
| O/S patches |
Yes – performed by Smartbunker |
O/S patches |
Yes – performed by Smartbunker |
Support provided
| Support hours |
24 hours a day, 365 days per year |
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| Support base |
UK based, staffed by Smartbunker technicians |
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| Access to helpdesk |
Via 0800 free telephone number, email, online (via Smartbunker customer portal) and fax |
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| Scope of support |
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| Not included in support |
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Service level agreement
| Infrastructure Uptime SLA |
Guaranteed to be 100% available with the following money back guarantee; Should network infrastructure availability fall below 100% in any monthly period, we shall refund by way of service credit 5% of your monthly charge for every half-hour of network infrastructure downtime, up to 100% of your normal monthly contract value. This excludes scheduled downtime and any downtime associated with automatic software updates or critical software updates which may be necessary at short notice, or with no notice depending on circumstances. You should read clause 6 of the Terms and Conditions for further details of how scheduled downtime and service credits are calculated. |
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| Replacement Hardware SLA |
Guaranteed swap-out or repair within 1 hour of being notified of issue. Should we fail to replace hardware within one hour of a problem or failure being identified, we shall refund by way of service credit 5% of your monthly charge for every additional hour of downtime, up to 100% of your normal monthly contract value. You should read clause 6 of the Terms and Conditions for further details of how scheduled downtime and service credits are calculated. |
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Connectivity and bandwidth
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| Transfer |
Monthly transfer limits are specified in your customer order, and will vary depending n on the package chosen. |
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| Additional bandwidth |
Customers using more than their included transfer allowance for outgoing bandwidth will be charged £1 per additional GB transferred. |
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Security
| Data security |
Unless using a managed firewall provided by Smartbunker, customers are responsible for their own security and encouraged to make use of security features provided by their server operating system (Smartbunker are happy to advise on this). |
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| Managed firewalls |
Where Smartbunker provide a managed firewall(s), 1 hour guaranteed replacement will apply to hardware unless specified otherwise. Smartbunker will also provide the following for fully managed firewalls:
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Data backup
| Managed backup |
Smartbunker provides a backup facility for customers to make copies of their VPS environment. Whilst customers are free to make multiple backups, total included backup space is equivalent to the total disk space available on the customers’ selected hosting plan (i.e. a plan which includes 5GB disk space will have a total backup capacity of 5GB).
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