An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a computer system and works as the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it transmits 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). Just like a personal computer, web hosting servers also use an Operating System that serves as a host for all the software installed on them, including script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etcetera. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so you could install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

In case you choose to go for one of our virtual private server packages, you shall be able to pick one of the three Linux releases that we offer for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most preferred and most dependable server OSs on the market and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you intend to install some application with particular requirements in terms of the packages that must be present on the server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use depends on the OS that you've selected. We leave the possibility to replace the server Operating System open, so if you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one that's already present, we can always re-install the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing all of the security updates which may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

The dedicated servers that we offer can be installed with as many as 3 different Operating Systems because we want to offer you more versatile plans that will let you install and run any kind of web software regardless of its system requirements. Your options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are some of the most dependable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license charges. All three have thousands of developers that have created a huge number of software packages that you could install and use on your web hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use is determined by the Operating System that you choose when you register. In case you need some other OS later, it will not be a problem since we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with any patches which are available for it.