Each and every personal computer or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software which interacts with the hardware equipment, including peripherals such as a mouse or a printer, and any applications 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, any application runs within the parameters specified 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 set up on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, called guest OS and host OS, which means that you will be able to set up a different software environment on the same machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

In case you pick one of our VPS server plans, you'll have as many as three different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just a single OS, since the applications that you might want to run on the server could have specific requirements regarding the software environment. Each of these three has some pros in terms of the available plans that you can later install, but what is common between them is the fact that they are very secure and dependable and have vast communities that support them. The hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, so as to give you more flexibility. In case 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 just a few minutes. We also offer you the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

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 cost of your new hosting server, but also because they are outstandingly secure and stable. Each one of them is supported by a large community of web developers, so you will be able to choose from many hundreds of software packages that you could install on your server if the application that you intend to use has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with specific OSs only and since we would like to give you as much flexibility as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you choose a server with a given OS, we can change it upon request in the event that it turns out that you'll need alternative one. We can also keep the OS updated on a weekly basis as part of the useful Managed Services upgrade.