An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a PC and works as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it transfers requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, web hosting servers also feature an Operating System which acts as a host for any 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 generated on a physical one, so you could 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

If you pick one of our virtual private server packages, you'll have 3 different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux distributions and we offer them rather than offering just one OS, because the apps that you may wish to run on the server could have specific requirements for the software environment. Each of these three has some pros with regard to the available plans that you could later install, but what's common between them is that they're really stable and reliable and have vast communities which 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 another one later, our technical support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in just a few minutes. We also offer you the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license fees, but they’re also known as the most stable and safe OSs. We supply three different ones since each of them is supported by a separate community. The packages that you could add on your web server are different and this may matter in case you want to install some piece of software with specific requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the Operating System that you will select. You can choose any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, however if necessary, we can always set up the server anew with an alternative one upon your request. As an additional service that you can add to the plan any time, we can update the OS regularly so as to keep it as risk-free as possible.