An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a PC and works as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it sends requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Identical to a personal computer, hosting servers also feature 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 so on. A virtual machine can be created on a physical one, so it is possible to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS

If you choose to acquire one of our virtual private server packages, you will be able to pick one of the three Linux distributions that we supply for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most popular and most reliable server OSs available and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you need to install some application with particular requirements in terms of the packages that should be present on the web server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you can use depends on the OS that you have chosen. 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 already have, we can always reinstall the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing all the security updates which may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

If you decide to buy one of our dedicated servers, you will find three Operating Systems on the registration page as we want to give you a broader choice with regard to the system environment on your server as different applications could have particular requirements. CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian come with different modules developed by their large support communities, so you can select any of these OSs and enjoy a stable and safe hosting service. Depending on your selection, you will also have different Control Panels to choose from. Of course, we can always change the Operating System if the one you have selected in the beginning does not meet the requirements of the software which you want to run. We can also upgrade your OS regularly to keep it as risk-free as possible using our Managed Services upgrade package.