Every PC or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software that interacts with the computer hardware, including peripherals such as a mouse or a printer, together with any apps that are currently installed on the system. Any program input through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is processed by sending an Application Program Interface (API) request to the Operating System. On a server, every single application runs within the parameters defined by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, and so on. This is valid for both standard site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. If a virtual server is created on a physical one, there can be two different Operating Systems, called guest OS and host OS, which means that you can set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

If you choose one of our virtual private server plans, you will have as many as 3 different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just one OS, since the applications that you may want to run on the server may have specific requirements about the software environment. Each of these three has certain advantages regarding the available packages that you can later on install, but what's common between them is that they are really secure and reliable and have large communities that support them. The hosting Control Panel alternatives for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, so as to provide you with 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 just a few minutes. We also offer you 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 solutions that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to pick from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also regarded as the most reliable and risk-free OSs. We provide three different ones because each of them is backed by a separate community. The packages that you can add on your web 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 will pick. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order process, but if necessary, we can always set up the server once again with another one upon your request. As an optional service that you can add to the plan any time, we can update the OS on a regular basis so as to keep it as risk-free as possible.