An Operating System is the basic software which manages a computer system. It takes care of the way the hardware operates, the communication with peripheral devices for instance a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between the installed applications, plus the prioritization of apps if multiple ones run simultaneously. Every program that's installed on a desktop or a notebook functions by sending requests to the OS for different services via an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS is possible via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting world, the OS is what runs a hosting server together with all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also every other application such as a VOIP or a game server. If there are virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

In case you select one of our virtual private server packages, you will have 3 different Operating Systems to choose from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just one OS, as the applications that you may want to run on the server could have specific requirements for the software environment. Each one of the three has some pros with regard to the available packages that you may later on install, but what's common between them is the fact that they are very stable and dependable and have huge communities which support them. The internet hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, in order to provide you with more flexibility. If you order the virtual server with one OS and you need another one later, our technical support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in a couple of minutes. We also offer the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

The dedicated servers that we offer can be set up with as many as three different Operating Systems as we want to give you more versatile solutions which will let you install and run any web software irrespective of its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are some of the most dependable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license fees. All three have numerous developers that have created countless software packages that you can install and use on your server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one you can use is determined by the Operating System that you select when you sign up. If you need some other OS afterwards, it will not be a problem because we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it every week with all patches that are available for it.