An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a computer and serves as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it sends requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, web hosting servers also feature an Operating System that functions as a host for any 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 set up on a physical one, so you can install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

We provide as many as three different Linux releases for the Operating System of our virtual private servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are some of the safest and the most reliable OSs out there and we offer all three of them rather than only one since we realize that you may want to install some software which has specific requirements with regards to the Operating System it will run on. The latter is due to the fact that each of the three Operating Systems has a huge support community behind it and there're different software applications you could install on the web hosting server. Your OS selection will also determine exactly what hosting Control Panel can be installed on the VPS in case you want to use one and for that reason we offer several Control Panels too. In case you decide that you need to have another OS, our tech support can quickly wipe the current one and set up the one that you'd like. In addition, we offer an optional service to maintain the OS on your VPS updated weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also regarded as the most stable and safe OSs. We supply three different ones as each one of them is supported by a different community. The packages that you could add on your hosting server are different and this may matter if you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the Operating System that you will choose. You can select any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order procedure, but if needed, we can always install the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an optional service that you could add to the package at any time, we can update the OS on a regular basis to keep it as secure as possible.