An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a computer system and works as the intermediary between applications and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transfers requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). A lot like a personal computer, hosting servers also use an Operating System which serves as a host for any 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'll be able to 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 Servers

In case you select one of our VPS server packages, you'll have three different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux distributions and we offer them instead of offering just one OS, as the apps that you might want to run on the server could have specific requirements for the software environment. Each of the three has some advantages in terms of the available packages that you may later install, but what is common between them is the fact that they're very secure and dependable and have large communities which support them. The web hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, in order to give you more flexibility. When you order the virtual server with one OS and you need a different one later, our tech support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in a couple 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 Servers

The dedicated server packages that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to select from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license taxes, but they are also regarded as the most stable and risk-free OSs. We supply three different ones because each of them is backed by a different community. The packages that you can add on your hosting server are different and this may matter in case you need to install some piece of software with specific requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the Operating System that you'll choose. You can select any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, yet if necessary, we can always set up the server anew with another one upon your request. As an optional service that you can add to the package at any moment, we can update the OS on a regular basis in order to keep it as risk-free as possible.