An Operating System is the basic software which manages a PC. It handles the way the hardware functions, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between your applications, plus the prioritization of apps if multiple ones run concurrently. Every program that is installed on a desktop or a laptop works by sending requests to the OS for various services using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be performed using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting field, the OS is what controls a hosting server along with all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition every other application such as a VOIP or a game server. If there are virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

If you choose one of our virtual private server solutions, you will have three different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux distributions and we offer them instead of offering just a single OS, because the apps that you might choose to run on the server could have specific requirements regarding the software environment. Each one of these three has some pros regarding the available packages that you could afterwards install, but what is common between them is that they are very stable and dependable and have vast communities which support them. The web hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, so as to provide you with more flexibility. If 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 a matter of minutes. We also offer the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated server packages that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also known as the most stable and risk-free OSs. We supply three different ones for the reason that each one of them is backed by a different community. The packages that you can add on your hosting 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 web hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the OS that you will pick. You can choose any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order procedure, yet if necessary, we can always set up the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an additional service that you may add to the plan at any moment, we can update your OS on a regular basis to keep it as risk-free as possible.