An Operating System is the basic software that controls a computer system. It controls the way the hardware behaves, the communication with peripheral devices such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between applications, plus the prioritization of apps when several run simultaneously. Any program that's installed on a computer system works by sending requests to the OS for different services using an application program interface (API). The interaction with the OS is possible via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting field, the OS is what runs a server and any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition any other application for example a VOIP or a game server. In case there're virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS which is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

In case you decide to buy one of our virtual private server plans, you'll be able to choose one of the three Linux distributions that we supply for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most widespread and most dependable server OSs available and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you wish to install some app with particular requirements regarding the packages that should be present on the hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use will depend 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 app 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 weekly by installing all the security updates which may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

In case you decide to acquire one of our dedicated servers, you'll find three Operating Systems on the registration page since we want to give you a broader choice with regard to the system environment on your server as different applications may have certain requirements. CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian come with different modules developed by their vast support communities, so you can select any of these OSs and take advantage of a stable and risk-free Internet hosting service. Depending on your decision, you'll also have different Control Panels to choose from. Needless to say, we can always change the Operating System in case the one you have selected in the beginning doesn't meet the requirements of the software that you want to run. We can also upgrade the OS regularly to keep it as risk-free as possible using our Managed Services upgrade package.