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

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

If you choose one of our VPS server solutions, you will have three 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, since the applications that you may wish to run on the server may have specific requirements about the software environment. Each one of these three has certain pros with regard to the available plans that you can eventually install, but what's common between them is that they're very stable and reliable and have large communities that support them. The internet hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, in order to provide you with more flexibility. If you order the virtual server with one OS and you need a different 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 weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server solutions - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are totally free so they will not increase the low price of your new hosting server, but also because they are very stable and secure. Each one of them is backed up by a large community of developers, so you'll be able to choose from a myriad of software packages that you can install on your server in case the application that you intend to work with has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with specific OSs only and because we want to give you as much versatility as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you get a server with a given OS, we will change it upon request in case it turns out that you will need another one. We can also keep the OS updated weekly as a part of our optional Managed Services upgrade.