Each personal computer or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program that communicates with the hardware equipment, including peripheral devices such as a mouse or a printer, as well as 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 OS. On a web server, each app runs within the parameters established by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etcetera. This goes for both standard Internet site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. When a virtual server is generated on a physical one, there can be two different Operating Systems, called guest OS and host OS, so that you'll be able to set up a different software environment on the same machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

If you choose to purchase one of our virtual private server packages, you will be able to pick one of the three Linux distributions which we offer for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most popular and most stable server OSs available and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you would like to install some application with specific requirements in terms of the packages that must be present on the web hosting server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use will depend on the OS that you have selected. We leave the possibility to change the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an app that requires an OS different from the one that's already present, we can always reinstall the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all the security updates which may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

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