Each and every personal computer or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software that interacts with the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a mouse and a printer, together with any apps that are currently installed on the system. Any program input through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is processed by sending an Application Program Interface (API) request to the OS. On a web server, each app runs within the parameters set by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etcetera. This goes for both standard Internet site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. If a virtual server is set up on a physical one, there can be two different Operating Systems, called guest OS and host OS, so that you'll be able to set up a different software environment on the same machine.

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 most stable and reliable OSs you can find and we supply all three of them rather than only one because we realize that you may want to install some software which 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 huge support community behind it and there're different software packages you can install on the web hosting server. Your OS selection will also determine what hosting Control Panel can be installed on the VPS in case you would like to use one and for that reason we offer several Control Panels as well. Should you decide that you want some other OS, our tech support can quickly wipe the present one and install the one that you want. In addition, we offer an optional service to maintain the OS on your VPS updated weekly.

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 absolutely free and they won't increase the price of your new hosting server, but also because they are really stable and secure. Each of them is supported by a big community of web developers, so you'll be given the option to choose from many hundreds of software packages that you could install on your server in case the application that you would like to employ has certain requirements. The Operating System will also determine what internet hosting Control Panel you can use as the Control Panels that we offer run on particular OSs only and since we would like to provide you with as much adaptability as possible, we offer a couple of OSs and multiple Control Panels. In case you choose a server with a certain OS, we can change it upon request in case it turns out that you will need another one. We can also keep the OS updated weekly as a part of the optional Managed Services upgrade.