An Operating System is the software that communicates with the hardware of a computer system and works as the intermediary between apps and the hardware, which includes peripheral devices such as a printer, a mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it sends requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the contact is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, web servers also feature an Operating System which acts as a host for all of the software installed on them, which includes script applications or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and so on. A virtual machine can be set up 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 OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

In case you decide to buy one of our VPS server packages, you shall be able to choose one of the three Linux releases that we provide for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most well-known and most dependable server OSs out there and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you need to install some application with precise requirements with regards to the packages that should be present on the server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one of them you'll be able to use will depend on the OS that you have chosen. We leave the possibility to replace the server Operating System open, so if you want to use an application that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always re-install the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all of the security updates that may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to select from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license taxes, but they are also known as the most stable and risk-free OSs. We provide three different ones because each of them is supported by a separate community. The packages which you could add on your server are different and this could matter in case you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements regarding the hosting environment. In this light, the hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the Operating System that you'll choose. You can choose any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order procedure, but if needed, we can always set up the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an additional service that you may add to the plan any time, we can update your OS regularly to keep it as secure as possible.