An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a PC and is the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it sends requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, web servers also feature an Operating System that acts as a host for all of the software installed on them, including script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. 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 Web Hosting

If you choose to purchase one of our virtual private server plans, you'll be able to pick one of the three Linux releases that we provide for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most preferred and most stable server OSs out there and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you want to install some application with precise 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 could use depends on the OS that you have chosen. We leave the option to replace the server Operating System open, so when you want to use software that requires an OS different from the one that's already present, we can always reinstall the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing all the security updates that may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

In case you decide to buy one of our dedicated servers, you will find three Operating Systems on the order page because we want to give you a broader choice with regard to the system environment on your machine as different applications may have certain requirements. CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian come with different modules developed by their large support communities, so you can select any of these OSs and enjoy a reliable and secure web hosting service. Based on your selection, you will 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 that you want to run. We can also update your OS routinely to keep it as secure as possible with our Managed Services upgrade package.