An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a computer and is the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, which includes peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it sends requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, web servers also use an Operating System which serves as a host for all of the software installed on them, which includes 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 it is possible 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 pick one of our VPS server solutions, you'll have as many as 3 different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux distributions and we offer them instead of offering just one OS, as the applications that you might choose to run on the server could have specific requirements about the software environment. Each one of the three has certain pros with regard to the available plans that you could later on install, but what is common between them is that they are very secure and reliable and have vast communities which support them. The hosting Control Panel alternatives for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, in order to give you more flexibility. When 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 a couple of minutes. We also offer the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server solutions - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're free and they will not increase the price of your new web server, but also because they are outstandingly secure and stable. Each one of them is backed up by a vast community of developers, so you will be able to choose from thousands of software packages that you could install on your server if the application that you would like to employ has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and because we want to give you as much adaptability as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you choose a server with a given Operating System, we could change it upon request if it turns out that you'll need alternative one. We can also keep the OS updated on a weekly basis as a part of our useful Managed Services upgrade.