An Operating System is the basic software which controls a PC. It handles how the hardware functions, the communication with peripheral devices such as a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between the installed applications, as well as the prioritization of applications in case multiple ones run simultaneously. Each and every program that is installed on a computer system works by sending requests to the OS for different services by using an application program interface (API). The interaction with the OS can be done using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the Internet hosting world, the OS is what runs a web server together with all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition every other application for example a VOIP or a game server. If there're virtual machines created, they use a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.
Multiple OS in VPS
If you choose one of our virtual private server packages, you will have three different Operating Systems to choose from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just one OS, because the apps that you may wish to run on the server could have specific requirements about the software environment. Each one of these three has some advantages regarding the available plans that you could afterwards install, but what is common between them is the fact that they are really stable and dependable and have large communities that support them. The hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, so as to give you more flexibility. In case you order the virtual server with one OS and you need a different one later, our technical support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in just a few minutes. We also offer you the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting
The dedicated servers we offer can be installed with three different Operating Systems as we want to give you more flexible plans which will allow you to install and run any type of web software whatever its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are among the most stable and safe ones, not mentioning that they don't have any kind of license costs. All three have lots of developers who have created countless software packages that you may install and use on your web hosting server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you choose when you register. In case you need a different OS later on, it will not be a problem as we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by updating it every week with all patches that are available for it.