An Operating System is the fundamental software which manages a computer system. It controls the way your hardware operates, the communication with peripheral devices including a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between applications, along with the prioritization of apps when multiple ones run simultaneously. Each program that is installed on a desktop or a laptop works by sending requests to the OS for different services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be performed using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting field, the Operating System is what controls a web hosting server and any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition any other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. In case there're virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

In case you choose to purchase one of our virtual private server plans, you shall be able to select one of the three Linux releases which we supply for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most well-known and most dependable server OSs available and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you want to install some application with specific requirements in terms of the packages that need to be present on the hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use will depend on the OS that you have picked. We leave the chance to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one that's already present, we can always reinstall the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing any security updates which may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server plans - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are completely free and they will not increase the low price of your new server, but also because they are very secure and stable. Each one of them is supported by a big community of web developers, so you'll be able to choose from countless software packages that you may install on your server if the application that you intend to employ has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and because we want to provide you with as much freedom as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you choose a server with a given Operating System, we will change it upon request if it turns out that you will need another one. We can also keep your OS updated on a weekly basis as part of our useful Managed Services upgrade.