An Operating System is the software that interacts with the hardware of a computer and is the intermediary between apps and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transfers requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, web hosting servers also use an Operating System which serves as a host for any software installed on them, including script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so you'll be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

If you choose to purchase one of our virtual private server plans, you will be able to choose one of the three Linux releases that we supply for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most widely used and most stable server OSs available on the market and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you wish to install some application with precise requirements with regards to the packages that need to be present on the web server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use will depend on the OS that you've selected. We leave the possibility to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one you have, we can always re-install the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing any security updates that may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server plans - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are 100 % free so they will not increase the price of your new web server, but also because they are outstandingly stable and secure. Each of them is backed up by a big community of developers, so you'll be able to choose from thousands of software packages that you may install on your server in case the app that you want to employ has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and because we want to give you as much flexibility as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you choose a server with a certain Operating System, we can change it upon request if it turns out that you'll need alternative one. We can also keep the OS updated on a weekly basis as a part of our additional Managed Services upgrade.