Every desktop or notebook or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program that interacts with the computer hardware, including peripherals such as a mouse or a printer, along with any applications that are present 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 web server, any application runs within the parameters defined by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etcetera. This goes for both standard site 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, named guest OS and host OS, so you will be able to set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

Our VPS server solutions include three Linux distributions which you could pick from for the Operating System of your new hosting server - Debian, Ubuntu and CentOS. Aside from being cost-free, the OSs are very stable and safe and the reason to offer the 3 of them is to make sure that you will be able to run each application that you'd like, since different pieces of software could have different requirements in terms of the environment they can be used on. Each of the three OSs is backed by a huge community of developers who have created thousands of software packages which you can set up and use on your VPS. Based on the Operating System which you select, you will also be able to choose between three different Control Panels to handle your website hosting content. Needless to say, if you decide that you need a new OS, we can always re-install the server with it. As an optional upgrade, we also provide weekly updates of the OS for max stability and security.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server solutions - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're totally free so they will not increase the price of your new hosting server, but also because they are extremely stable and secure. Each of them is backed up by a huge community of web developers, so you'll be able to choose from a large number software packages that you could install on your server in case the application that you intend to employ has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer run on specific OSs only and because we want to give you as much versatility as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you choose a server with a certain OS, we can change it upon request in the event that it turns out that you will need alternative one. We could also keep your OS updated weekly as a part of our optional Managed Services upgrade.