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searchaux" style="display:none">Official commitment between a service provider and a customer</div> <p>A <b>service-level agreement</b> (<b>SLA</b>) is an agreement between a <a href="/wiki/Service_provider" title="Service provider">service provider</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Customer" title="Customer">customer</a>. Particular aspects of the service – quality, availability, responsibilities – are agreed between the service provider and the service user.<sup id="cite_ref-KearneyServ11_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KearneyServ11-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most common component of an SLA is that the services should be provided to the customer as agreed upon in the contract. As an example, <a href="/wiki/Internet_service_provider" title="Internet service provider">Internet service providers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Telephone_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Telephone company">telcos</a> will commonly include service level agreements within the terms of their contracts with customers to define the level(s) of service being sold in plain language terms. In this case, the SLA will typically have a technical definition of <i><a href="/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures" title="Mean time between failures">mean time between failures</a></i> (MTBF), <i><a href="/wiki/Mean_time_to_repair" title="Mean time to repair">mean time to repair</a></i> or <i><a href="/wiki/Mean_time_to_recovery" title="Mean time to recovery">mean time to recovery</a></i> (MTTR); identifying which party is responsible for reporting faults or paying fees; responsibility for various data rates; <a href="/wiki/Throughput" class="mw-redirect" title="Throughput">throughput</a>; <a href="/wiki/Jitter" title="Jitter">jitter</a>; or similar measurable details. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Service-level_agreement&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A service-level agreement is an agreement between two or more parties, where one is the customer and the others are service providers. This can be a legally binding formal or an informal "contract" (for example, internal department relationships). The agreement may involve separate organizations or different teams within one organization. Contracts between the service provider and other third parties are often (incorrectly) called SLAs – because the level of service has been set by the (principal) customer, there can be no "agreement" between third parties; these agreements are simply "contracts."<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> <a href="/wiki/Operational-level_agreement" title="Operational-level agreement">Operational-level agreements</a> or OLAs, however, may be used by internal groups to support SLAs. If some aspect of service has not been agreed upon with the customer, it is not an "SLA". </p><p>SLAs commonly include many components, from a definition of services to the termination of agreement.<sup id="cite_ref-SLAZone_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLAZone-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To ensure that SLAs are consistently met, these agreements are often designed with specific lines of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/demarcation" class="extiw" title="wikt:demarcation">demarcation</a> and the parties involved are required to meet regularly to create an open forum for communication. Rewards and penalties applying to the provider are often specified. Most SLAs also leave room for a periodic (annual) revisitation to make changes.<sup id="cite_ref-ShacklettFive11_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ShacklettFive11-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the late 1980s SLAs have been used by fixed-line telecom operators. SLAs are so widely used these days that larger organizations have many different SLAs existing within the company itself. Two different units in an organization script an SLA with one unit being the customer and another being the service provider. This practice helps to maintain the same quality of service amongst different units in the organization and also across multiple locations of the organization. This internal scripting of SLA also helps to compare the quality of service between an in-house department and an external service provider.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The output received by the customer as a result of the service provided is the main focus of the service level agreement. </p><p>Service level agreements are also defined at different levels: </p> <ul><li><b>Customer-based SLA</b>: An agreement with an individual customer group, covering all the services they use. For example, an SLA between a supplier (IT service provider) and the finance department of a large organization for the services such as finance system, payroll system, billing system, procurement/purchase system, etc.</li> <li><b>Service-based SLA</b>: An agreement for all customers using the services being delivered by the service provider<b>.</b> For example: <ul><li>A mobile service provider offers a routine service to all the customers and offers certain maintenance as a part of an offer with the universal charging.</li> <li>An email system for the entire organization. There are chances of difficulties arising in this type of SLA as level of the services being offered may vary for different customers (for example, head office staff may use high-speed <a href="/wiki/Local_area_network" title="Local area network">LAN</a> connections while local offices may have to use a lower speed leased line).</li></ul></li> <li><b>Multilevel SLA</b>: The SLA is split into the different levels, each addressing different set of customers for the same services, in the same SLA. <ul><li><b>Corporate-level SLA</b>: Covering all the generic <a href="/wiki/Service_level_management#Service_level_management" class="mw-redirect" title="Service level management">service level management</a> (often abbreviated as SLM) issues appropriate to every customer throughout the organization. These issues are likely to be less volatile and so updates (SLA reviews) are less frequently required.</li> <li><b>Customer-level SLA</b>: covering all SLM issues relevant to the particular customer group, regardless of the services being used.</li> <li><b>Service-level SLA</b>: covering all SLM issue relevant to the specific services, in relation to this specific customer group.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Components">Components</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Service-level_agreement&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Components"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A well-defined and typical SLA will contain the following components:<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>Type of service to be provided</b>: It specifies the type of service and any additional details of the type of service to be provided. In the case of an IP network connectivity, the type of service will describe functions such as operation and maintenance of networking equipment, connection bandwidth to be provided, etc.</li> <li><b>The service's desired performance level, especially its reliability and responsiveness</b>: A reliable service will be the one that suffers minimum disruption in a specific amount of time and is available at almost all times. Service with good responsiveness will perform the desired action promptly after the customer requests it.</li> <li><b>Monitoring process and service level reporting:</b> This component describes how the performance levels are supervised and monitored. This process involves gathering different types of statistics, how frequently these statistics will be collected and how they will be accessed by the customers.</li> <li><b>The steps for reporting issues with the service</b>: This component will specify the contact details to report the problem and the order in which details about the issue have to be reported. The contract will also include a time range in which the problem will be looked into and when the issue will be resolved.</li> <li><b>Response and issue resolution time frame</b>: The response time frame is the period by which the service provider will start the investigation of the issue. Issue resolution time frame is the period by which the current service issue will be resolved and fixed.</li> <li><b>Repercussions for the service provider not meeting its commitment</b>: If the provider is not able to meet the requirements as stated in SLA then the service provider will have to face consequences. These consequences may include the customer's right to terminate the contract or ask for a refund for losses incurred by the customer due to failure of service.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Common_metrics">Common metrics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Service-level_agreement&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Common metrics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A service-level agreement can track multiple <a href="/wiki/Performance_metrics" class="mw-redirect" title="Performance metrics">performance metrics</a>. In this context, these metrics are called <a href="/wiki/Service_level_indicator" title="Service level indicator">service level indicators</a> (SLIs). The target value of a given SLI is called a <a href="/wiki/Service-level_objective" title="Service-level objective">service-level objective</a> (SLO). </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/IT_Service_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="IT Service Management">IT-service management</a>, a common case is a <a href="/wiki/Call_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Call center">call center</a> or <a href="/wiki/Service_Desk_(ITSM)" class="mw-redirect" title="Service Desk (ITSM)">service desk</a>. SLAs in such cases usually refer to the following SLIs: </p> <ul><li><b>Abandonment Rate</b>: Percentage of calls abandoned while waiting to be answered. A corresponding SLO may be: the abandonment rate of all the calls over the last 30 days should be < 30%.</li> <li><b>ASA</b> (Average Speed to Answer): Average time (usually in seconds) it takes for a call to be answered by the service desk. A corresponding SLO may be: the ASA of all the calls over the last 30 days should be < 20 seconds.</li> <li><b>TSF</b> (Time Service Factor): Percentage of calls answered within a definite <a href="/wiki/Timeframe" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeframe">timeframe</a>, e.g., 80% in 20 seconds. A corresponding SLO may be: >90% of the calls over the last 30 days should be answered within 20 seconds.</li> <li><b>FCR</b> (<a href="/wiki/First_Call_Resolution" title="First Call Resolution">First-Call Resolution</a>): A metric that measures a contact center's ability for its agents to resolve a customer's inquiry or problem on the first call or contact.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A corresponding SLO may be: the FCR of all cases over the last 30 days should be > 75%.</li> <li><b>TAT</b> (<a href="/wiki/Turnaround_time" title="Turnaround time">Turn-Around Time</a>): Time taken to complete a certain task.</li> <li><b>TRT</b> (<a href="/wiki/Total_resolution_time" class="mw-redirect" title="Total resolution time">total resolution time</a>): Total time taken to complete a certain task.</li> <li><b>MTTR</b> (<a href="/wiki/Mean_time_to_recovery" title="Mean time to recovery">Mean Time To Recover</a>): Time taken to recover after an outage of service.</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Uptime" title="Uptime">Uptime</a></b> is also a common metric, often used for data services such as <a href="/wiki/Shared_hosting" class="mw-redirect" title="Shared hosting">shared hosting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virtual_private_server" title="Virtual private server">virtual private servers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dedicated_servers" class="mw-redirect" title="Dedicated servers">dedicated servers</a>. Common agreements include percentage of network uptime, power uptime, number of scheduled <a href="/wiki/Maintenance_window" title="Maintenance window">maintenance windows</a>, etc. </p><p>Many SLAs track to the <a href="/wiki/ITIL" title="ITIL">ITIL</a> specifications when applied to IT services. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specific_examples">Specific examples</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Service-level_agreement&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Specific examples"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Backbone_Internet_providers">Backbone Internet providers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Service-level_agreement&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Backbone Internet providers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is not uncommon for an internet backbone service provider (or <a href="/wiki/Network_service_provider" title="Network service provider">network service provider</a>) to explicitly state its SLA on its website.<sup id="cite_ref-NTT_SLA_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NTT_SLA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-VerizonSLA_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VerizonSLA-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AT&T_SLA_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AT&T_SLA-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The U.S. <a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_Act_of_1996" title="Telecommunications Act of 1996">Telecommunications Act of 1996</a> does not expressly mandate that companies have SLAs, but it does provide a framework for firms to do so in Sections 251 and 252.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Section 252(c)(1) for example ("Duty to Negotiate") requires <a href="/wiki/Incumbent_local_exchange_carrier" title="Incumbent local exchange carrier">Incumbent local exchange carriers</a> (ILECs) to negotiate in good faith about matters such as resale and access to rights of way. </p><p>New emerging technologies such as 5G bring new complexities to the network operators. With more stringent SLAs and customer expectations, problem resolutions must be prioritized based on impacted subscribers.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="5G_slicing">5G slicing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Service-level_agreement&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 5G slicing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the introduction of <a href="/wiki/5G_network_slicing" title="5G network slicing">5G network slicing</a>, the need of having a 360º view of the 5G slices becomes imperative to deliver premium SLAs and monetize service faster. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fixed_networks">Fixed networks</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Service-level_agreement&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Fixed networks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For fixed networks subscribers, service modeling appears to be one of the most suitable ways to effectively monitor SLA's and ensure they are met.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WSLA">WSLA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Service-level_agreement&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: WSLA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <b>web service level agreement</b> (<b>WSLA</b>) is a standard for service level agreement compliance monitoring of <a href="/wiki/Web_service" title="Web service">web services</a>. It allows authors to specify the performance metrics associated with a web service application, desired performance targets, and actions that should be performed when performance is not met. </p><p>WSLA Language Specification, version 1.0<sup id="cite_ref-f016_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-f016-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was published by IBM in 2001. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cloud_computing">Cloud computing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Service-level_agreement&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Cloud computing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The underlying benefit of <a href="/wiki/Cloud_computing" title="Cloud computing">cloud computing</a> is shared resources, which are supported by the underlying nature of a shared infrastructure environment. Thus, SLAs span across the cloud and are offered by service providers as a service-based agreements rather than a customer-based agreements. Measuring, monitoring and reporting on cloud performance is based on the end UX or their ability to consume resources. The downside of cloud computing relative to SLAs is the difficulty in determining the root cause of service interruptions due to the complex nature of the environment. </p><p>As applications are moved from dedicated hardware into the <a href="/wiki/Cloud_computing" title="Cloud computing">cloud</a>, they need to achieve the same even more demanding levels of service than classical installations. SLAs for cloud services focus on characteristics of the data center and more recently include characteristics of the network (see <a href="/wiki/Carrier_Cloud" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier Cloud">carrier cloud</a>) to support end-to-end SLAs.<sup id="cite_ref-RuedaTheServ11_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RuedaTheServ11-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Any SLA management strategy considers two well-differentiated phases: negotiating the contract and monitoring its fulfillment in real-time. Thus, SLA management encompasses the SLA contract definition: the basic schema with the <a href="/wiki/Quality_of_service" title="Quality of service">QoS</a> parameters; SLA negotiation; SLA monitoring; SLA violation detection; and SLA enforcement—according to defined policies.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The main point is to build a new layer upon the grid, cloud, or <a href="/wiki/Service-oriented_architecture" title="Service-oriented architecture">SOA</a> middleware able to create a negotiation mechanism between the providers and consumers of services. An example is the EU–funded Framework 7 research project, SLA@SOI,<sup id="cite_ref-ButlerMotiv11_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ButlerMotiv11-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which is researching aspects of multi-level, multi-provider SLAs within service-oriented infrastructure and cloud computing, while another EU-funded project, VISION Cloud,<sup id="cite_ref-VillariHowTo12_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-VillariHowTo12-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has provided results concerning content-oriented SLAs. </p><p>FP7 IRMOS also investigated aspects of translating application-level SLA terms to resource-based attributes to bridge the gap between client-side expectations and cloud-provider resource-management mechanisms.<sup id="cite_ref-BonifacePlat10_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BonifacePlat10-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CuomoAnSLA13_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CuomoAnSLA13-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A summary of the results of various research projects in the area of SLAs (ranging from specifications to monitoring, management and enforcement) has been provided by the European Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-KyriazisCloud13_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KyriazisCloud13-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Outsourcing">Outsourcing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Service-level_agreement&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Outsourcing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Outsourcing" title="Outsourcing">Outsourcing</a> involves the transfer of responsibility from an organization to a supplier. This new arrangement is managed through a contract that may include one or more SLAs. The contract may involve financial penalties and the right to terminate if any of the SLA metrics are consistently missed. The setting, tracking and managing SLAs is an important part of the <a href="/wiki/Outsourcing_relationship_management" title="Outsourcing relationship management">outsourcing relationship management</a> (ORM) discipline. Specific SLAs are typically negotiated upfront as part of the outsourcing contract and used as one of the primary tools of outsourcing governance. </p><p>In software development, specific SLAs can apply to application outsourcing contracts in line with standards in <a href="/wiki/Software_quality" title="Software quality">software quality</a>, as well as recommendations provided by neutral organizations like <a href="/wiki/CISQ" title="CISQ">CISQ</a>, which has published numerous papers on the topic (such as <i>Using Software Measurement in SLAs</i><sup id="cite_ref-CurtisUsing15_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CurtisUsing15-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) that are available in to the public. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Service-level_agreement&action=edit&section=11" 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