An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a computer system and works as the intermediary between apps and the hardware, which includes peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it transfers 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). A lot like a personal computer, hosting servers also feature an Operating System which acts as a host for all of the software installed on them, which includes script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and so on. 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 with the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

If you select one of our virtual private server packages, you'll have 3 different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux distributions and we offer them rather than offering just one OS, because the apps that you may want to run on the server may have specific requirements for the software environment. Each of the three has some pros regarding the available packages that you may eventually install, but what's common between them is that they are very stable and dependable and have large communities which support them. The web hosting Control Panel alternatives for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, in order to provide you with more flexibility. If 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 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 that we offer can be installed with as many as three different Operating Systems as we want to give you more versatile plans which will allow you to install and run any kind of web software regardless of its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are among the most reliable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they don't have any license charges. All three have thousands of developers that have created a large number of software packages that you can install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you select when you sign up. In case you need a different OS afterwards, it won't be a problem since we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with any patches that are available for it.