An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a computer and functions as the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it sends requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). A lot like a personal computer, hosting servers also feature an Operating System which serves as a host for the software installed on them, which includes script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etc. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so you'll be able to 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 Servers

If you choose to purchase one of our VPS server packages, you will be able to pick one of the three Linux releases which we provide for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most widespread and most stable server OSs available and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you intend to install some app with precise requirements with regards to the packages that have to be present on the web hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use depends on the OS that you've selected. We leave the chance to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an app 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 weekly by installing all the security updates which may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server solutions - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are freely available and they won't increase the low price of your new hosting server, but also because they are very stable and secure. Each one of them is supported by a big community of developers, so you'll be able to choose from a large number software packages that you could install on your server in case the app that you intend to employ has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer run on specific OSs only and since we want to give you as much adaptability as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you choose a server with a given OS, we can change it upon request if it turns out that you will need alternative one. We will also keep the OS updated on a weekly basis as part of the additional Managed Services upgrade.