An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a PC and functions as the intermediary between applications and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it transmits 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). Just like a personal computer, web hosting servers also have an Operating System which serves as a host for any software installed on them, including script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. 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 to the physical server host Operating System.

Multiple OS in VPS

If you select one of our virtual private server plans, you will have three different Operating Systems to choose from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just one OS, because the apps that you might choose to run on the server may have specific requirements for the software environment. Each of these three has certain pros in terms of the available packages that you may later install, but what's common between them is the fact that they are very secure and dependable and have vast communities that support them. The internet hosting Control Panel alternatives 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 technical 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 we offer can be set up with three different Operating Systems as we want to give you more flexible solutions that will allow you to install and run any web software whatever its system requirements. The options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are some of the most reliable and secure ones, not mentioning that they do not have any license fees. All three have lots of developers that have created a huge number of software packages that you'll be able to install and use on your web server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you choose when you register. If you need some other OS later, it won't be a problem since we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it every week with all patches which are available for it.