Each personal computer or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program that communicates with the computer hardware, including peripherals such as a mouse or a printer, and any applications that are present on the 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 server, each and every application runs within the parameters set by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etc. This is valid for both standard Internet site scripts and server-side software like a media server. In case a virtual server is set up on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, named guest OS and host OS, which means that you'll be able to set up a different software environment on the very same machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

If you pick one of our virtual private server plans, you will have as many as 3 different Operating Systems to choose from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them instead of offering just a single OS, as the applications that you might want to run on the server could have specific requirements about the software environment. Each one of these three has certain advantages with regard to the available plans that you may eventually install, but what is common between them is the fact that they are really secure and dependable and have vast communities that support them. The web hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, in order to give you more flexibility. If you order the virtual server with one OS and you need another one later, our technical support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in a matter of minutes. We also offer the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated servers that we offer come with as many as 3 different Operating Systems because we want to give you more flexible plans which will permit you to install and run any kind of web software regardless of its system requirements. Your options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are among the most dependable and secure ones, not mentioning that they don't have any license charges. All three have a large number of developers that have created a large number of software packages that you could install and use on your web 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 sign up. If you need some other OS afterwards, it will not be a problem since we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by upgrading it every week with all patches that are released for it.