Each desktop or notebook 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 and a printer, and any apps that are present on the 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 web server, every single app runs within the parameters defined by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etcetera. This goes for both standard website scripts and server-side software like a media server. When a virtual server is generated on a physical one, there can be two different Operating Systems, called guest OS and host OS, so that you can set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

If you pick one of our virtual private server plans, you will have three different Operating Systems to choose from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux distributions and we offer them instead of offering just one OS, because the apps that you might want to run on the server may have specific requirements regarding the software environment. Each one of the three has certain advantages in terms of the available plans that you may eventually install, but what is common between them is that they're really secure and dependable and have large communities which support them. The hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, in order to give you 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 a couple of minutes. We also offer you the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated server packages that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also regarded as the most stable and safe OSs. We offer three different ones because each of them is backed by a separate community. The packages that you can add on your web server are different and this may matter if you need to install some piece of software with particular requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the OS that you'll select. You can select any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, but if needed, we can always set up the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an additional service that you can add to the package whenever you want, we can update your OS regularly so as to keep it as secure as possible.