Each PC or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program which communicates with the hardware, including peripherals such as a mouse and a printer, as well as any apps that are present 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 OS. On a server, every single app runs within the parameters set by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, and so on. This is valid for both standard Internet site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. If a virtual server is set up on a physical one, there can be two independent Operating Systems, named guest OS and host OS, so you can set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

In case you choose to buy one of our VPS server packages, you will be able to choose one of the three Linux releases that we provide for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most well-known and most stable server OSs on the market and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you want to install some application with precise requirements in terms of the packages that should be present on the web server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use depends on the OS that you have picked. We leave the chance to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use software 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 released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server plans - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're completely free and they will not increase the price of your new hosting server, but also because they are outstandingly secure and stable. Each one of them is supported by a huge community of web developers, so you will be able to choose from a large number software packages that you may install on your server in case the application that you would like to employ has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer run on particular OSs only and because we would like to provide you with as much flexibility as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. If 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 part of our additional Managed Services upgrade.