An Operating System is the software that interacts with the hardware of a PC and is the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transfers requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). A lot like a personal computer, web servers also feature an Operating System which acts as a host for any software installed on them, which includes 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 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

If you choose one of our VPS server packages, you'll have three different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux releases and we offer them instead of offering just one OS, since the applications that you might want to run on the server may have specific requirements for the software environment. Each of these three has some pros in terms of the available packages that you could eventually install, but what's common between them is the fact that they're very secure and reliable and have huge communities that support them. The web hosting Control Panel alternatives for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, in order 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 the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server packages - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are completely free so they will not increase the low price of your new web hosting server, but also because they are extremely stable and secure. Each one of them is supported by a large community of developers, so you'll be able to choose from many hundreds of software packages that you can install on your server if the app that you would like to work with has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use since the Control Panels that we offer run on particular OSs only and since we want to provide you with as much adaptability as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you choose a server with a certain OS, we can change it upon request in case it turns out that you'll need a different one. We can also keep the OS updated weekly as a part of our additional Managed Services upgrade.