Each and every personal computer or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program that communicates with the hardware equipment, including peripheral devices such as a mouse or a printer, as well as 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 OS. On a server, each and every app runs within the parameters set by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etc. This goes for both standard website scripts and server-side software such as a media server. When a virtual server is generated on a physical one, there can be two different Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, so you can set up a different software environment on the same machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

In case you pick one of our VPS server plans, you'll have as many as 3 different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux distributions and we offer them rather than offering just a single OS, because the apps that you might choose to run on the server may have specific requirements about the software environment. Each one of these three has some advantages regarding the available plans that you may eventually install, but what's common between them is the fact that they're really stable and reliable and have huge communities which 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. In case 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 just a few minutes. We also offer you the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated servers we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems since we want to offer you more versatile solutions which will enable you to install and run any type of web software irrespective of its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are among the most stable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they do not have any kind of license costs. All three have a large number of developers that have created numerous software packages that you could install and use on your web server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you choose when you sign up. In case you need another OS afterwards, it will not be a problem because we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with any patches that are available for it.