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

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

If you select one of our VPS server solutions, you will have three different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just one OS, since the applications that you may want to run on the server may have specific requirements regarding the software environment. Each of the three has some pros with regard to the available packages that you can afterwards install, but what's common between them is that they are very secure and dependable and have large communities that support them. The web hosting Control Panel alternatives for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, in order to give you 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 maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

If you decide to get one of our dedicated servers, you shall find three Operating Systems on the order page since we want to give you a larger choice for the system environment on your machine as different apps may have specific requirements. CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian contain different modules developed by their huge support communities, so you can select each of these OSs and take advantage of a stable and risk-free hosting service. Depending on your selection, 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 at first does not meet the requirements of the software which you want to run. We can also update the OS routinely to keep it as secure as possible with our Managed Services upgrade package.