An Operating System is the fundamental software which controls a computer. It handles the way the hardware behaves, the communication with peripherals for instance a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between various applications, and the prioritization of apps if multiple ones run simultaneously. Each program which is installed on a notebook or a desktop works by sending requests to the OS for various services via an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS is possible through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting field, the OS is what commands a server and any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application such as a VOIP or a game server. When there are virtual machines created, they use a guest OS which is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

If you select one of our VPS server packages, you'll have 3 different Operating Systems to choose from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux distributions and we offer them rather than offering just a single OS, as the apps that you may wish to run on the server may have specific requirements for the software environment. Each one of the three has certain advantages regarding the available plans that you may afterwards install, but what's common between them is that they are really secure and dependable and have large communities that support them. The web hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, in order to provide you with more flexibility. When 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 couple of minutes. We also offer the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated servers we offer can be installed with three different Operating Systems since we want to offer you more versatile solutions that will permit you to install and run any kind of web software irrespective of its system requirements. The choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are some of the most reliable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they don't have any license charges. All three have thousands of developers that have created a large number of software packages that you could install and use on your web server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you select when you register. If you need a different OS later, it won't be a problem as we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it every week with all patches which are released for it.