An Operating System is the software that interacts with the hardware of a computer and serves as the intermediary between apps and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it sends requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, hosting servers also use an Operating System which serves as a host for the software installed on them, which includes script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. A virtual machine can be created on a physical one, so you'll be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

We offer you as many as three different Linux distributions for the Operating System of our VPS servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are some of the safest and the most reliable OSs you can find and we provide all three instead of just 1 as we realize that you may want to install some software which has specific requirements regarding the Operating System it'll run on. The latter is because each of the three Operating Systems has a vast support community behind it and there're various software applications you can install on the web server. Your OS choice will also determine what hosting Control Panel can be installed on the VPS if you wish to use one and for this reason we offer several Control Panels as well. Should you decide that you want some other OS, our tech support can quickly wipe the existing one and set up the one that you would like. We also offer an optional service to keep the OS on your VPS updated weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license taxes, but they’re also regarded as the most reliable and risk-free OSs. We provide three different ones as each one of them is supported by a different community. The packages which you could add on your web server are different and this may matter if you need to install some piece of software with particular requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the Operating System that you will select. You can select any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, however if needed, we can always set up the server once again with an alternative one upon your request. As an optional service that you could add to the package whenever you want, we can update the OS on a regular basis to keep it as secure as possible.