An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a computer and serves as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, which includes peripherals such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it sends requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, web servers also have an Operating System which serves 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, etcetera. A virtual machine can be created on a physical one, so you can install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS Hosting

If you choose one of our virtual private server plans, you will have 3 different Operating Systems to choose from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux releases and we offer them instead of offering just a single OS, because the apps that you may wish to run on the server could have specific requirements for the software environment. Each of the three has certain pros regarding the available plans that you could afterwards install, but what is common between them is that they are very secure and dependable and have huge communities which support them. The hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your OS 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 tech support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in a couple of minutes. We also offer you the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Web Hosting

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to select from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license fees, but they are also known as the most stable and risk-free OSs. We provide three different ones since each one of them is supported by a different community. The packages that you could add on your server are different and this may matter in case you want to install some piece of software with specific requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the Operating System that you will select. You can select any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, however if needed, we can always set up the server once again with an alternative one upon your request. As an optional service that you can add to the package at any moment, we can update your OS regularly in order to keep it as secure as possible.