Each notebook or desktop or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program that communicates with the computer hardware, including peripheral devices such as a mouse or a printer, along with any apps that are present on your system. Any program input using 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, any application runs within the parameters defined by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etc. This is valid for both standard website scripts and server-side software such as a media server. If a virtual server is generated on a physical one, there can be two different Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, so that you will be able to set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

In case you choose to go for one of our VPS server plans, you'll be able to choose one of the three Linux releases which we offer for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most preferred and most stable server OSs out there and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you wish to install some app with specific requirements regarding the packages that must be present on the hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you could use depends on the OS that you've selected. We leave the possibility to change the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always reinstall the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing all of the security updates that may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

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