An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a computer and is the intermediary between apps and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it transmits requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, web servers also feature an Operating System that serves 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 so on. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so it is possible to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

In case you decide to go for one of our VPS server plans, you'll be able to choose one of the three Linux releases which we supply for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most preferred and most dependable server OSs out there and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you wish to install some application with particular requirements in terms of the packages that need to be present on the hosting server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use depends on the OS that you have chosen. We leave the possibility to change the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always re-install the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all the security updates which may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated servers that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems because we want to give you more versatile solutions which will allow you to install and run any kind of web software irrespective of its system requirements. The options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are among the most reliable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license costs. All three have a large number of developers who have created numerous software packages that you may install and use on your web server. We also offer three web 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 a new OS subsequently, it will not be a problem since we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it every week with all patches that are available for it.