在与海外客户或供应商沟通时,掌握关键词很重要。常见表达包括:data center(机房/数据中心)、colocation(托管)、rack(机柜)、power density(供电密度)、UPS(不间断电源)、cooling(制冷)和redundancy(冗余)。例如:"We provide 24/7 monitoring and N+1 redundancy"(我们提供全天候监控和N+1冗余)。在邮件中常用句式有:"Please confirm the rack allocation"、"Power capacity per rack is 10kW"等,简洁明了。
合同里常见术语包括:Service Level Agreement (SLA)(服务等级协议)、Maintenance Window(维护窗口)、Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)(平均修复时间)、Force Majeure(不可抗力)、Indemnity(赔偿)等。示例条款:"Provider shall ensure 99.9% uptime per month as specified in the SLA"(供应商应确保每月99.9%的可用性,按SLA规定)。在起草时要明确计量口径、罚则与豁免条件,避免模糊表述。
建议使用明确的量化指标与补救措施。例如:"Availability is measured at the network layer and excludes scheduled maintenance"(可用性以网络层测量,不包括计划维护)。违约责任可写为:"If availability falls below 99.9% in a calendar month, Customer shall be entitled to service credits equal to X% of monthly fee for each 0.1% below target"(若月度可用性低于99.9%,客户有权按每低0.1%获得相应比例的服务抵扣)。同时注明免责情形:"Force Majeure, Third-party failures, Customer-caused incidents."
关于rack space(机柜空间)、cabinets(机柜)、cable management(布线管理)、cross-connect(交叉连接)等,要在合同中明确尺寸、功率、接地与接入点。示例:"Customer shall install equipment within the allocated rack units and comply with Provider's cable management policy"(客户须在分配的机柜单元内安装设备并遵守供应商的布线政策)。对接口和交叉连接可写:"Cross-connects will be installed within 5 business days upon request"(交叉连接在请求后5个工作日内完成)。
法律与保密条款需明确管辖法院或仲裁机构、适用法律以及保密范围。常用表述包括:"Governing Law: This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Hong Kong SAR"(本协议受香港特别行政区法律管辖);"Dispute Resolution: Any disputes shall be resolved by arbitration in Hong Kong under HKIAC rules"(争议由香港仲裁中心根据其规则仲裁)。保密条款示例:"Both parties agree to keep confidential all technical and commercial information disclosed, for a period of X years"(双方同意对披露的技术和商业信息保密,期限为X年)。同时说明例外:法定披露或经披露方书面同意情况。