Amazon compute service level agreement
- Links to the resources – delete these after you are done https://aws.amazon.com/compute/sla/
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/concepts.html
- This Service Level Agreement is for Amazon web services. This assignment will mainly focus on Amazon EC2, which is an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. It eliminates the need for hardware while making development and deployment of application faster. Amazon EC2 help launches virtual servers, configure security and networking, and manage storage. This SLA is for four product and services including Amazon EC2.
Element |
Rating (1-5) 1=poor 5=excellent |
Reason for rating |
Weighted Factors (1-5) 1= not important 5= very important |
Objective of the SLA |
5 |
All objectives are stated clearly with explanation of inclusion and exclusion of services |
5- All objectives should be clearly mentioned |
Time period of the SLA |
5 |
This SLA was updated February 12, 2018. Making it up to date and it is updated every year. |
4- SLA should be frequently updated |
Services Covered by the SLA |
5 |
Sla provides detailed description of service availability. 10 % service credit can be received if the Monthly Uptime Percentage is less than 99.99% but equal to or greater than 99.0% while 30% if Monthly Uptime Percentage Less than 99.0%. |
5- Very important element as it provides the customer what can be fixed or serviced. |
Level of Availability and Reliability Agreed To |
5 |
Claims to make service and products available 99.99% of the time and gives the list of availability zones. Provides detailed explanation of what unavailability means and under what circumstances service credit will be applied. |
5- reliability and availability directly reflect on the customer business |
Level of Throughput Agreed To |
5 |
Aims to provide 99.99% of monthly uptime |
3- important to know but not as important as other elements |
Service Continuity after a Disaster or Major Disruption |
3 |
Claims will provide service credit but does not provide details for instance of disaster or major disruption |
4- disaster are meant to happen. Important to have a disaster relief plan |
Security Aspects Agreed To |
2 |
Provides no detail in case of security breach or security in general, but it is provided in AWS customer agreement. |
5- Secuity is very important in this era of hacking |
Method for Setting Priorities for Incident Handling |
1 |
Does not provides Method for Setting Priorities for Incident Handling |
3- important if any faced any service interruptions |
Target Times for Incident Response and Resolution |
1 |
Doesn’t provide target time |
3 -important if any faced any service interruptions |
Agreed Maintenance Windows |
1 |
Doesn’t provide maintenance window |
3- maintenance should be done periodically |
Metrics/Methods by Which the Service Delivery will Be Judged |
5 |
Uses the monthly uptime percentage to judge the service availability |
3- important for quality purposes |
SLA Reporting Periods |
1 |
No SLA reporting period is provided but it is provided in AWS service terms. |
4- important for quality purposes |
Validation triggers |
4 |
If you put in a service credit request AWS will confirm the uptime percentage with their records and then qualify you for service credit |
4- important for quality purposes |
Monitoring frequency |
1 |
No Monitoring frequency is provided but it is provided in AWS service terms. |
5- system should be monitored 24/7 |
Mean |
Total weight =70 Total SLA weight=61 Mean= 4.3 |