Every single desktop or notebook or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software that communicates with the hardware equipment, including peripheral devices such as a mouse and a printer, along with any applications that are present 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, any app runs within the parameters established by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etc. This goes for both standard website scripts and server-side software like a media server. In case a virtual server is created 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 Web Hosting

In case you choose to buy one of our virtual private server plans, you shall be able to choose one of the three Linux distributions which we provide for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most popular and most reliable server OSs out there and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you would like to install some application with precise requirements regarding the packages that must be present on the server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use will depend on the OS that you have picked. We leave the possibility to change the server Operating System open, so if you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always reinstall the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing any security updates which may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with as many as 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 regarded as the most stable and secure OSs. We offer three different ones because each one of them is supported by a different community. The packages that you can add on your web server are different and this could matter if you need to install some piece of software with specific requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the Operating System that you will choose. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, however if necessary, we can always set up the server once again with an alternative one upon your request. As an optional service that you could add to the package any time, we can update your OS on a regular basis to keep it as risk-free as possible.