An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a PC and serves as the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it transfers requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar 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, etc. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so you will be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment compared to the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

We offer you as many as 3 different Linux distributions for the Operating System of our VPS servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are among the safest and the most reliable OSs out there and we supply all three of them instead of only 1 because we realize that you might want to set up some software that has specific requirements regarding the Operating System it will run on. The latter is due to the fact that each of the three Operating Systems has a large support community behind it and there're different software programs you could install on the server. Your OS choice will also determine what hosting Control Panel can be set up on the VPS if you wish to use one and because of this we offer several Control Panels as well. If you ever decide that you need to have another OS, our technical support can quickly wipe the current one and install the one that you need. We also offer an optional service to keep the OS on your VPS updated weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

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