Every single notebook or desktop or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software which interacts with the computer hardware, including peripherals such as a mouse or a printer, along with any applications that are present on your 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 set by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, and so on. This goes for both standard Internet 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 independent Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, which means that you will be able to set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

If you choose to go for one of our virtual private server plans, you'll be able to pick one of the three Linux releases which we offer for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most preferred and most stable server OSs available and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine if you would like to install some application with specific requirements with regards to the packages that should be present on the server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use depends on the OS that you've chosen. We leave the possibility to change the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you have, we can always re-install the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing any security updates that may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to select from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they’re also regarded as the most reliable and secure OSs. We offer three different ones because each of them is backed by a different community. The packages that you could add on your hosting server are different and this could matter in case you need to install some piece of software with particular requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the Operating System that you'll select. You may choose any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order procedure, but if necessary, we can always install the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an optional service that you may add to the plan at any moment, we can update the OS regularly in order to keep it as secure as possible.