An Operating System is the fundamental software which manages a PC. It handles how your hardware operates, the communication with peripheral devices including a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between your applications, as well as the prioritization of apps when multiple ones run simultaneously. Each program that's installed on a desktop or a laptop functions by sending requests to the OS for various services using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be performed using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting world, the Operating System is what controls a server together with any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application for instance a VOIP or a game server. If there are virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS

In case you pick one of our virtual private server plans, you will have as many as three different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux distributions and we offer them instead of offering just a single OS, because the applications that you may wish to run on the server may have specific requirements about the software environment. Each of the three has certain pros with regard to the available packages that you could later on install, but what's common between them is the fact that they are really stable and reliable and have vast communities which support them. The web hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, so as to provide you with more flexibility. When 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 just a few minutes. We also offer you the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

If you decide to buy one of our dedicated servers, you shall find three Operating Systems on the order page since we want to give you a wider choice with regard to the system environment on the server as different apps can have specific requirements. CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian come with different modules developed by their huge support communities, so you can select each of these OSs and take advantage of a reliable and risk-free web hosting service. Based on your choice, you'll also have different Control Panels to choose from. Of course, we can always change the Operating System if the one you've selected at first does not meet the requirements of the software which you'd like to run. We can also update your OS regularly to keep it as risk-free as possible through our Managed Services upgrade package.