Every PC or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program that communicates with the hardware equipment, including peripheral devices such as a mouse or a printer, together with any applications that are installed on your system. Any program input using a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is processed by sending an Application Program Interface (API) request to the Operating System. On a server, each application runs within the parameters specified by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etc. This goes for both standard site scripts and server-side software like a media server. When a virtual server is generated on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, which means that you can set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

In case you select one of our VPS server solutions, you will have as many as 3 different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux releases and we offer them instead of offering just a single OS, as the applications that you might want to run on the server could have specific requirements regarding the software environment. Each of these three has some pros regarding the available plans that you could eventually install, but what's common between them is the fact that they are very secure and dependable and have large communities that support them. The internet hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, so as to provide you with more flexibility. When you order the virtual server with one OS and you need a different one later, our tech support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in just a few minutes. We also offer the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

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're free so they will not increase the cost of your new web hosting server, but also because they are very secure and stable. Each of them is backed up by a large community of developers, so you will be able to choose from a large number software packages that you may install on your server in case the application that you would like to use has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use as the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with specific OSs only and since we want to provide you with as much versatility as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a certain Operating System, we can change it upon request in case it turns out that you will need a different one. We can also keep the OS updated weekly as a part of our useful Managed Services upgrade.