An Operating System is the low-level software that manages a computer. It takes care of the way the hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals including a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between apps, as well as the prioritization of apps in case several run simultaneously. Any program that is installed on a desktop or a laptop functions by sending requests to the OS for various services by using an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS can be done via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting field, the OS is what controls a hosting server as well as any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. If there are virtual machines created, they use a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS

In case you pick one of our virtual private server packages, you'll have 3 different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux distributions and we offer them rather than offering just a single OS, because the apps that you might want to run on the server could have specific requirements regarding the software environment. Each of these three has some advantages regarding the available plans that you could later install, but what's common between them is that they are really secure and dependable and have huge communities which support them. The web hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, in order to provide you with more flexibility. If 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 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 Hosting

The dedicated servers we offer come with as many as 3 different Operating Systems because we want to offer you more flexible solutions that will enable you to install and run any kind of web software irrespective of its system requirements. Your options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are among the most dependable and safe ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license fees. All three have numerous developers who have created a large number of software packages that you could install and use on your web server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you select when you sign up. In case you need a new OS subsequently, it won't be a problem since we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it on a weekly basis with all patches which are released for it.