An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a PC and works as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, 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). Just like a personal computer, web servers also have an Operating System that functions as a host for any software installed on them, including script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and so on. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so you could install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

In case you choose one of our virtual private server packages, you'll have as many as 3 different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just a single OS, as the apps that you might want to run on the server may have specific requirements about the software environment. Each of these three has some advantages in terms of the available packages that you could eventually install, but what is common between them is the fact that they are very stable and reliable and have huge communities that support them. The web hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, in order to give you more flexibility. In case 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 a matter 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 Web Hosting

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to pick from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also known as the most dependable and risk-free OSs. We offer three different ones because each one of them is backed by a separate community. The packages that you could add on your server are different and this could matter in case you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the OS that you'll select. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order process, but if needed, we can always set up the server anew with an alternative one upon your request. As an optional service that you can add to the plan at any moment, we can update the OS on a regular basis so as to keep it as risk-free as possible.