Every single notebook or desktop or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software that interacts with the hardware equipment, including peripherals such as a mouse or a printer, and any applications that are currently installed on your 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 Operating System. On a server, each application runs within the parameters defined by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etc. This is valid for both standard site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. When a virtual server is set up on a physical one, there can be two different Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, which means that you can set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

In case you pick one of our virtual private server solutions, 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 applications that you might choose to run on the server may have specific requirements about the software environment. Each of the three has some pros regarding the available plans that you can later on install, but what's common between them is the fact that they are really secure and reliable and have huge communities that support them. The web hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, so as to give you more flexibility. If you order the virtual server with one OS and you need a different one later, our tech support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in a matter of minutes. We also offer the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to select from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license fees, but they’re also known as the most stable and safe OSs. We offer three different ones as each one of them is supported by a different community. The packages which you can add on your web server are different and this may matter in case you need to install some piece of software with particular requirements regarding the hosting environment. In this light, the hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the OS that you will choose. You may choose any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order process, yet if needed, we can always set up the server anew with an alternative one upon your request. As an optional service that you can add to the plan whenever you want, we can update the OS regularly to keep it as secure as possible.