Support services

Hardware warranty

Included with all hardware purchases, Barracuda’s hardware warranty guarantees that up to one year from delivery, your hardware will be free from defects in materials and workmanship.

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Instant Replacement

One hundred percent uptime is important in corporate environments, but sometimes equipment can fail. In the rare case that a Barracuda product fails, Barracuda ships a replacement unit on the same or next business day. And by means of the Hardware Refresh program, we ensure that customers benefit from the latest hardware improvements and firmware capabilities.

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Schedule 5: Support Services Terms

In addition to the General Terms, the following terms govern Customer’s use of the Barracuda Support Services.

This Schedule sets forth the terms and conditions under which Barracuda will provide Customer with Support Services.

1. Technical Support Options.

1.1. Support Service Benefits. Barracuda’s Energize Update Support Service includes the following benefits based on the level of technical support purchased by Customer:

Barracuda reserves the right to modify the Support Services offered at any time, but no such modification will go into effect until the end of the then-current Support Term. Support Service offerings may vary by Product and geography. Please refer to the Support Plans and Packages Website for the most current Support Services descriptions.

1.2. Phone Support. Barracuda will handle any problem involving Products over the telephone or email.

2. Hardware Support Options.

2.1. Instant Replacement Timeframes. For Customers residing in the United States, Barracuda will use commercially reasonable efforts to ship Customer a new Product within twenty-four (24) hours of Barracuda’s confirmation that replacement Hardware is required. For Customers residing outside the United States, Barracuda will use commercially reasonable efforts to ship Customer a replacement Product via express mail within one (1) business day of Barracuda’s confirmation that replacement Hardware is required. In some regions, Customer may be required to purchase Instant Replacement at the time of Product purchase.

2.2. Additional Instant Replacement Terms:

2.2.1. In some regions, after four (4) continuous years of Instant Replacement service, Customer will receive a replacement unit at no additional charge.

2.2.2. Instant Replacement must be purchased within sixty (60) days of initial order of the system to be covered.

3 Exclusions. The following are expressly excluded from the Support plans:

3.1. Repair or replacement of Products that is required as a result of causes other than normal use, including without limitation:

(i) Repair, maintenance or modification of the Product by persons other than Barracuda’s authorized personnel;

(ii) Accident or negligence by the Customer;

(iii) User error or misuse of the Product; or

(iv) Causes external to the Product including, but not limited to, failure of electrical systems, fire, water damage, hardware failure, operation system software failure or any other damage and failure not caused by Barracuda.

3.2. Maintenance or technical services for any third party software or hardware, where such third party software or hardware was not provided by Barracuda.

Revised: March 1, 2020