An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a PC and is the intermediary between apps and the hardware, which includes peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transmits requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, hosting servers also use an Operating System that functions as a host for all the software installed on them, which includes 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 could install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

We offer you three different Linux releases for the Operating System of our virtual private servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are some of the safest and the most reliable OSs you can find and we provide all three of them rather than only one because we realize that you might want to install some software that has specific requirements with regards to the Operating System it will run on. The latter is due to the fact that each of the three Operating Systems has a huge support community behind it and there are different software packages you can install on the web hosting server. Your OS choice will also determine exactly what hosting Control Panel can be installed on the VPS in case you want to use one and for that reason we offer multiple Control Panels too. In the event you decide that you need to have another OS, our tech support can quickly wipe the existing one and install the one that you need. In addition, we offer an optional service to have the OS on your VPS updated weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

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