Each and every PC or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software that interacts with the hardware equipment, including peripheral devices such as a mouse and a printer, and any applications that are installed 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 server, each 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. When a virtual server is generated on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, so you'll be able to set up a different software environment on the same machine.
Multiple OS in VPS Hosting
In case you select one of our virtual private server packages, you will have as many as 3 different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just a single OS, as the apps that you may wish to run on the server may have specific requirements for the software environment. Each one of these three has some pros in terms of the available plans that you could later install, but what is common between them is that they're really stable and reliable and have vast communities that support them. The internet hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, in order to provide you with more flexibility. In case 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 keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting
The dedicated servers we offer can be set up with three different Operating Systems because we want to give you more versatile packages which will enable you to install and run any kind of web software whatever its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are among the most dependable and secure ones, not mentioning that they do not have any kind of license costs. All three have numerous developers that have created numerous software packages that you can install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one you can use is determined by the Operating System that you choose when you sign up. If you need another OS later on, it won't be a problem since we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with all patches that are released for it.