Each and every notebook or desktop or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program which communicates with the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a mouse or a printer, together with any apps that are present on your system. Any program input using a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is processed by sending an Application Program Interface (API) request to the Operating System. On a server, each app runs within the parameters set by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etc. This goes for both standard website scripts and server-side software like a media server. In case a virtual server is created on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, which means that you can set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

In case you decide to acquire one of our VPS server plans, you shall be able to select one of the three Linux distributions which we provide for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most preferred and most stable server OSs available and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you intend to install some application with specific requirements with regards to the packages that must be present on the web server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use will depend on the OS that you've picked. We leave the possibility to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you have, we can always re-install the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all of the security updates which may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

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're totally free and they will not increase the low price of your new hosting server, but also because they are extremely secure and stable. Each of them is backed up by a large community of web developers, so you'll be able to choose from countless software packages that you could install on your server in case the app that you would like to work with has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with specific OSs only and since we want to provide you with as much adaptability as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a given Operating System, we can change it upon request in case it turns out that you need a different one. We can also keep your OS updated on a weekly basis as a part of the useful Managed Services upgrade.