Each and every desktop or notebook or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program which interacts with the hardware equipment, including peripheral devices such as a mouse or a printer, together with any apps that are currently installed on your system. Any program input using a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is processed by sending an Application Program Interface (API) request to the OS. On a server, any app runs within the parameters defined by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etc. This goes for both standard website scripts and server-side software like a media server. When a virtual server is set up on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, named guest OS and host OS, so you can set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS

In case you pick one of our virtual private server plans, you'll have 3 different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux distributions and we offer them rather than offering just a single OS, as the apps that you might want to run on the server may have specific requirements for the software environment. Each of the three has some advantages regarding the available packages that you may afterwards install, but what is common between them is the fact that they are really stable and reliable and have large communities that support them. The hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, so as to provide you with more flexibility. When 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 a couple of minutes. We also offer the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

The dedicated servers that we offer can be set up with three different Operating Systems because we want to give you more versatile packages which will permit you to install and run any type of web software regardless of its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are some of the most dependable and secure ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license charges. All three have a large number of developers that have created numerous software packages that you'll be able to install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you choose when you sign up. In case you need another OS later on, it won't be a problem because we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with any patches that are released for it.