An Operating System is the software that interacts with the hardware of a PC and is 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 sends requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the interaction is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Similar to a personal computer, web hosting servers also feature an Operating System which acts as a host for all the software installed on them, including script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, etc. A virtual machine can be generated on a physical one, so you will be able to 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

In case you select one of our virtual private server solutions, you will have 3 different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux distributions and we offer them instead of offering just a single OS, because the applications that you may wish to run on the server could have specific requirements about the software environment. Each one of these three has certain advantages regarding the available plans that you may eventually install, but what is common between them is that they're very secure and dependable and have large communities which support them. The web hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, so as to provide you with more flexibility. In case 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 maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also considered to be among the most reliable and secure OSs. We provide three different ones since each of them is supported by a separate community. The packages which you can add on your web server are different and this may matter in case you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements regarding the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the Operating System that you will pick. You can choose any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order process, however if necessary, we can always install the server once again with a different one upon your request. As an additional service that you may add to the package at any moment, we can update the OS on a regular basis in order to keep it as risk-free as possible.