Each notebook or desktop or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software that communicates with the hardware equipment, including peripherals such as a mouse and a printer, and any applications that are currently installed on your system. Any program input using a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is processed by sending an Application Program Interface (API) request to the OS. On a server, every single application runs within the parameters defined by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, and so on. This is valid for both standard site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. In case a virtual server is created on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, so that you'll be able to set up a different software environment on a single machine.
Multiple OS in VPS Servers
If you pick one of our VPS server solutions, you'll have as many as 3 different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just a single OS, since 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 certain advantages in terms of the available packages that you may afterwards install, but what's common between them is that they're very secure and dependable and have large 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 you the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers
The dedicated servers that we offer can be set up with three different Operating Systems because we want to give you more flexible plans which will permit you to install and run any web software regardless of its system requirements. The options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are some of the most stable and safe ones, not mentioning that they don't have any license fees. All three have lots of developers that have created a large number of software packages that you'll be able to install and use on your 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. If you need some other OS subsequently, it won't be a problem since we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with all patches which are available for it.