An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a PC and functions as the intermediary between applications and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an app, it transmits requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Identical to a personal computer, hosting servers also have an Operating System that functions 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 created on a physical one, so you'll be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

In case you choose to purchase one of our VPS server plans, you will be able to pick one of the three Linux releases that we offer for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most preferred and most dependable server OSs on the market and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you need to install some app with precise requirements in terms of the packages that should be present on the server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use will depend on the OS that you've selected. We leave the chance to change 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 re-install the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all of the security updates that may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated servers we offer can be installed with three different Operating Systems since we want to give you more versatile solutions which will let you install and run any web software regardless of its system requirements. Your options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are among the most dependable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they do not have any kind of license costs. All three have a large number of developers who have created a large number of 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 choose when you sign up. In case you need a new OS later, it won't be a problem as we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it on a weekly basis with all patches which are available for it.