An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a PC and is the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it sends requests to the OS through 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 hosting servers also have an Operating System which functions as a host for all of the software installed on them, including script applications 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'll be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

If you decide to buy one of our virtual private server plans, you shall be able to select one of the three Linux distributions that we supply for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most widely used and most reliable 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 need to install some application with particular requirements regarding the packages that should be present on the server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you could use depends on the OS that you've picked. We leave the option to change the server Operating System open, so if you want to use an app that requires an OS different from the one that's already present, we can always reinstall the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all of the security updates that may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

In case you decide to purchase one of our dedicated servers, you will find three Operating Systems on the registration page since we want to give you a broader choice with regard to the system environment on your server as different applications could have particular requirements. CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian contain different modules developed by their large support communities, so you can select each of these OSs and enjoy a stable and risk-free hosting service. Based on your choice, you will also have different Control Panels to choose from. Needless to say, we can always change the Operating System in case the one you have selected at first doesn't meet the requirements of the software that you would like to run. We can also update your OS routinely to keep it as secure as possible through our Managed Services upgrade package.