An Operating System is the software that interacts with the hardware of a PC and is the intermediary between applications and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transfers requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). A lot like a personal computer, web servers also use an Operating System that serves 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, and so on. A virtual machine can be generated 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

In case you choose one of our VPS server plans, you will have three different Operating Systems to choose from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux distributions and we offer them rather than offering just one OS, since the apps that you may want to run on the server could have specific requirements regarding the software environment. Each of these three has certain pros with regard to the available packages that you may eventually install, but what's common between them is that they are very stable and dependable and have vast communities that support them. The internet hosting Control Panel choices 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 you the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server packages - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are 100 % free and they won't increase the low price of your new web hosting server, but also because they are outstandingly stable and secure. Each one of them is backed up by a vast community of web developers, so you'll be able to choose from countless software packages that you may install on your server if the app that you would like to employ has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with specific OSs only and since we would like to provide you with as much freedom as possible, we offer several OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a given Operating System, we will change it upon request in the event that it turns out that you need another one. We could also keep the OS updated on a weekly basis as a part of the additional Managed Services upgrade.