An Operating System is the basic software which controls a PC. It takes care of the way your hardware operates, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between various applications, and the prioritization of apps when multiple ones run simultaneously. Every program that is installed on a PC works by sending requests to the OS for different services via an application program interface (API). The communication with the OS can be done using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting field, the OS is what commands a web server and all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application for example a VOIP or a game server. If there are virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

In case you select one of our virtual private server packages, you will have three different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux releases and we offer them instead of offering just one OS, because the applications that you might want to run on the server may have specific requirements about the software environment. Each of these three has certain advantages in terms of the available plans that you can afterwards install, but what is common between them is that they are very secure and dependable and have vast communities that support them. The web hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, in order to provide you with more flexibility. When you order the virtual server with one OS and you need another one later, our tech support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in just a few minutes. We also offer the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license taxes, but they’re also regarded as the most dependable and safe OSs. We offer three different ones since each of them is backed by a separate community. The packages which you can add on your hosting server are different and this may matter if you need to install some piece of software with specific requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the OS that you will choose. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, yet if needed, we can always set up the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an additional service that you can add to the plan any time, we can update the OS on a regular basis in order to keep it as secure as possible.