An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a computer system and functions as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transfers requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, hosting servers also have an Operating System which functions as a host for all of the software installed on them, including script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. A virtual machine can be created on a physical one, so you will be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

In case you pick one of our virtual private server solutions, you'll have as many as 3 different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux distributions and we offer them instead of offering just one OS, as the applications that you may want to run on the server may have specific requirements regarding the software environment. Each of these three has certain advantages in terms of the available packages that you may later install, but what is common between them is that they are very secure and dependable and have huge communities that support them. The internet hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, so as to give you more flexibility. If you order the virtual server with one OS and you need a different one later, our technical support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in a matter of minutes. We also offer the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server packages - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are completely free and they won't increase the price of your new web hosting server, but also because they are extremely stable and secure. Each of them is supported by a large community of developers, so you will be able to choose from a large number software packages that you could install on your server in case the application that you intend to employ has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use as the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with specific OSs only and because we want to give you as much flexibility as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you choose a server with a given OS, we can change it upon request in case it turns out that you need alternative one. We could also keep the OS updated on a weekly basis as a part of our additional Managed Services upgrade.