An Operating System is the basic software which manages a computer. It handles the way the hardware operates, the communication with peripherals such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between all the applications, and the prioritization of apps if several run at the same time. Every program that is installed on a PC functions by sending requests to the OS for different services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be achieved using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting field, the Operating System is what commands a server along with any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition every other application such as a VOIP or a game server. When there're virtual machines created, they use a guest OS which is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

If you decide to buy one of our VPS server plans, you'll be able to select one of the three Linux releases which we supply for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most popular and most reliable server OSs available on the market and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you would like to install some app with specific requirements regarding the packages that have to be present on the web server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use will depend on the OS that you've selected. We leave the option to replace the server Operating System open, so if 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 weekly by installing all the security updates that may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated servers we offer can be installed with as many as three different Operating Systems as we want to give you more versatile solutions which will enable you to install and run any kind of web software regardless of its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are some of the most reliable and secure ones, not mentioning that they do not have any kind of license costs. All three have a large number of developers that have created numerous software packages that you may install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use is determined by the Operating System that you select when you sign up. In case you need a new OS later on, it won't be a problem since we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it on a weekly basis with any patches that are available for it.