An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a computer system and serves as the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it sends requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, hosting servers also use an Operating System which functions as a host for all of the software installed on them, including script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etcetera. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so you can install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

In case you select one of our virtual private server solutions, you'll have three different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux distributions and we offer them instead of offering just one OS, because the apps that you might want to run on the server may have specific requirements for the software environment. Each one of the three has some pros with regard to the available plans that you could afterwards install, but what is common between them is the fact that they are really secure and reliable and have large communities which support them. The web hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, in order to provide you with more flexibility. In case you order the virtual server with one OS and you need another one later, our tech support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in a couple of minutes. We also offer you the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

The dedicated servers we offer come with three different Operating Systems since we want to give you more versatile packages which will allow you to install and run any type of web software regardless of its system requirements. Your options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are among the most dependable and secure ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license charges. All three have lots of developers who have created numerous software packages that you'll be able to install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you choose when you sign up. In case you need a new OS afterwards, it won't be a problem since we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it on a weekly basis with all patches which are available for it.