An Operating System is the basic software that manages a computer. It handles the way the hardware functions, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between all the applications, and the prioritization of apps when multiple ones run concurrently. Each and every program that is installed on a notebook or a desktop works by sending requests to the OS for various services using an application program interface (API). The interaction with the OS is possible through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting field, the OS is what controls a web hosting server as well as any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also every other application for example a VOIP or a game server. When there're virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

If you choose to go for one of our virtual private server packages, you shall be able to select one of the three Linux releases which we offer for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're among the most popular and most stable server OSs on the market and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you need to install some app with specific requirements in terms of the packages that should be present on the web server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you can use depends on the OS that you have chosen. We leave the chance to replace the server Operating System open, so if you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one that's already present, we can always re-install the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing all of the security updates that may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to pick from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also considered to be among the most stable and safe OSs. We supply three different ones as each one of them is supported by a separate community. The packages that you can add on your server are different and this may matter if you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements regarding the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the OS that you'll choose. You can select any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order procedure, but if needed, we can always install the server anew with an alternative one upon your request. As an optional service that you can add to the package at any time, we can update the OS on a regular basis in order to keep it as risk-free as possible.