Every single notebook or desktop or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program which interacts with the hardware equipment, including peripheral devices such as a mouse and a printer, together with any applications that are installed on your system. Any program input through 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 such as a media server. If a virtual server is created on a physical one, there can be two different Operating Systems, named guest OS and host OS, which means that you will be able to set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

In case you select one of our VPS server plans, you will have three different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just one OS, because the apps that you may want to run on the server could have specific requirements about the software environment. Each of these three has certain pros with regard to the available packages that you may later on install, but what is common between them is that they're really secure and reliable and have large communities which support them. The web hosting Control Panel alternatives for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, so as to give you more flexibility. If you order the virtual server with one OS and you need a different one later, our tech support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in just a few minutes. We also offer the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated servers we offer can be installed with as many as 3 different Operating Systems since we want to offer you more flexible solutions which will let you install and run any 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 charges. All three have lots of developers that have created a large number of software packages that you could install and use on your server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you choose when you register. In case you need a different OS subsequently, it won't be a problem because we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with any patches that are released for it.