An Operating System is the low-level software that manages a computer. It controls how your hardware functions, the communication with peripheral devices such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between apps, plus the prioritization of applications when several run at the same time. Each and every program that is installed on a computer system works by sending requests to the OS for different services via an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS is possible through a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting world, the Operating System is what runs a web server as well as any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also every other application such as a VOIP or a game server. If there are virtual machines created, they use a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

In case you choose one of our VPS server packages, you'll have three different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux distributions and we offer them rather than offering just a single OS, because the apps that you may want to run on the server may have specific requirements about the software environment. Each one of the three has certain pros in terms of the available packages that you may afterwards install, but what is common between them is the fact that they are very secure and reliable and have large communities that support them. The web hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, in order to provide you with more flexibility. In case you order the virtual server with one OS and you need another one later, our tech 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 on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server solutions - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They're all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they're free so they will not increase the low price of your new server, but also because they are very stable and secure. Each one of them is backed up by a large community of developers, so you'll be given the option to choose from many hundreds of software packages that you could install on your server if the application that you intend to work with has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use as the Control Panels that we offer run on specific OSs only and because we want to give you as much freedom as possible, we offer multiple OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you get a server with a given Operating System, we will change it upon request if it turns out that you'll need a different one. We could also keep your OS updated weekly as part of the useful Managed Services upgrade.