An Operating System is the fundamental software which manages a computer. It takes care of the way the hardware behaves, the communication with peripheral devices for instance a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between applications, plus the prioritization of apps if several run at the same time. Each and every program which is installed on a desktop or a notebook works by sending requests to the OS for various services using an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS is possible through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting world, the Operating System is what commands a hosting server as well as all of the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition every other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. When there're virtual machines created, they use a guest OS which is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS

If you choose one of our virtual private server packages, you will have three different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them instead of offering just a single OS, as the apps that you might want to run on the server could have specific requirements about the software environment. Each of the three has some advantages with regard to the available plans that you could afterwards install, but what is common between them is the fact that they're really stable and reliable and have huge communities which support them. The hosting Control Panel alternatives for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, in order to give you more flexibility. If you order the virtual server with one OS and you need a different one later, our technical support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in a couple of minutes. We also offer the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated 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 taxes, but they’re also regarded as the most dependable and safe OSs. We supply three different ones for the reason that each one of them is supported by a separate community. The packages which you could add on your server are different and this could matter if you need to install some piece of software with specific requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the Operating System that you'll select. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order process, however if needed, we can always install the server once again with another one upon your request. As an additional service that you may add to the package at any moment, we can update your OS regularly so as to keep it as secure as possible.