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A service-level objective (SLO), as per the O'Reilly Site Reliability Engineering book, is a "target value or range of values for a service level that is measured by an SLI." [1] An SLO is a key element of a service-level agreement (SLA) between a service provider and a customer. SLOs are agreed upon as a means of measuring the performance of ...
A service-level agreement can track multiple performance metrics. In this context, these metrics are called service level indicators (SLIs). The target value of a given SLI is called a service-level objective (SLO). In IT-service management, a common case is a call center or service desk. SLAs in such cases usually refer to the following SLIs:
The term "Service Level Agreement" (SLA) is frequently used for all aspects of a service level, but in more precise use one may distinguish: [4] Service Level Indicator (SLI): measures of service level, like availability (uptime); Service Level Objective (SLO): objectives based on these indicators, like 99.95% availability;
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The following table shows the downtime that will be allowed for a particular percentage of availability, presuming that the system is required to operate continuously. Service level agreements often refer to monthly downtime or availability in order to calculate service credits to match monthly billing cycles.
An operational-level agreement (OLA) defines interdependent relationships in support of a service-level agreement (SLA). [1] The agreement describes the responsibilities of each internal support group toward other support groups, including the process and timeframe for delivery of their services.
SLIs form the basis of service level objectives (SLOs), which in turn form the basis of service level agreements (SLAs); [1] an SLI can be called an SLA metric (also customer service metric, or simply service metric). Though every system is different in the services provided, often common SLIs are used.