An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a computer system and is the intermediary between applications and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transfers requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, hosting servers also use an Operating System that acts as a host for all of the software installed on them, which includes script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and so on. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so you can install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

In case you select one of our virtual private server packages, you will have three different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux distributions and we offer them instead of offering just a single OS, as the apps that you might want to run on the server could have specific requirements for the software environment. Each one of these three has some advantages with regard to the available packages that you may later install, but what is common between them is that they are really secure and reliable and have large communities which support them. The internet hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, so as to provide you with more flexibility. In case you order the virtual server with one OS and you need a different one later, our technical support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in a couple of minutes. We also offer you the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to pick from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license taxes, but they’re also regarded as the most stable and safe OSs. We supply three different ones since each one of them is supported by a separate community. The packages that you could add on your web server are different and this may matter in case you need to install some piece of software with specific requirements about 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'll pick. You may choose any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order procedure, yet if necessary, we can always install the server once again with an alternative one upon your request. As an additional service that you may add to the package whenever you want, we can update the OS on a regular basis in order to keep it as secure as possible.