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

Multiple OS in VPS

We offer you as many as three different Linux distributions for the Operating System of our virtual private servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are among the safest and the most reliable OSs you can find and we supply all three of them instead of just 1 since we realize that you might want to install some software with specific requirements regarding the Operating System it'll run on. The latter is because each of the three Operating Systems has a huge support community behind it and there are different software applications you can install on the hosting server. Your OS selection will also determine exactly what hosting Control Panel can be set up on the VPS if you wish to use one and that is why we offer multiple Control Panels too. In case you decide that you need to have another OS, our tech support can quickly wipe the current one and set up the one that you'd like. We also offer an optional service to maintain the OS on your VPS updated weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

The dedicated servers that we offer can be set up with as many as three different Operating Systems since we want to offer you more versatile solutions which will allow you to install and run any type of web software regardless of its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are among the most stable and secure ones, not mentioning that they do not have any license fees. All three have lots of developers who have created a huge number of software packages that you may install and use on your server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use is determined by the Operating System that you select when you register. In case you need a new OS afterwards, it will not be a problem as we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it on a weekly basis with all patches which are available for it.