Every personal computer or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software that interacts with the computer hardware, including peripherals such as a mouse and a printer, and any applications that are currently installed on your system. Any program input through 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 web server, each and every application runs within the parameters defined by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, and so on. This goes for both standard site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. If a virtual server is set up 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

If you pick one of our VPS server plans, you will have as many as three different Operating Systems to choose from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux distributions and we offer them rather than offering just one OS, as the applications that you may wish to run on the server could have specific requirements about the software environment. Each of these three has certain advantages in terms of the available packages that you can later on install, but what is common between them is the fact that they are really stable and dependable and have vast communities that support them. The internet hosting Control Panel alternatives for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, in order to provide you with more flexibility. In case 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 a couple of minutes. We also offer you the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to select from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license fees, but they are also regarded as the most stable and safe OSs. We supply three different ones as each of them is supported by a different community. The packages which you could add on your hosting server are different and this may matter in case you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the OS that you will pick. You can choose any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order process, however if necessary, we can always install the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an additional service that you could add to the package whenever you want, we can update the OS on a regular basis to keep it as risk-free as possible.