An Operating System is the basic software which manages a PC. It controls the way your hardware functions, the communication with peripherals like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between your applications, and the prioritization of apps if multiple ones run at the same time. Each and every program that is installed on a PC operates by sending requests to the OS for various services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be achieved through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting world, the Operating System is what controls a web server and all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also every other application for example a VOIP or a game server. When there're virtual machines created, they use a guest OS which is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

If you select one of our virtual private server plans, you'll have 3 different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux releases and we offer them instead of offering just a single OS, because the applications that you may wish to run on the server could have specific requirements for the software environment. Each one of the three has certain pros regarding the available plans that you can later on install, but what is common between them is that they're very secure and dependable and have large communities that support them. The internet 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 technical support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in just a few minutes. We also offer you the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated servers that we offer can be set up with as many as 3 different Operating Systems as we want to give you more flexible plans that will let you install and run any type of web software irrespective of its system requirements. Your options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are among the most dependable and safe ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license fees. All three have thousands of developers that have created numerous software packages that you can install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you select when you sign up. In case you need some other OS later on, it won't be a problem because we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with any patches that are released for it.