Each personal computer or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software which interacts with the hardware, including peripherals such as a mouse and a printer, along with any applications that are present on the 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 Operating System. On a web server, each and every app runs within the parameters established by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etcetera. This is valid for both standard Internet site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. If a virtual server is created on a physical one, there can be two different Operating Systems, called guest OS and host OS, so you can set up a different software environment on a single machine.
Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting
In case you select one of our virtual private server solutions, you'll have three different Operating Systems to choose from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They are all Linux distributions and we offer them rather than offering just a single OS, as the apps that you may wish to run on the server could have specific requirements about the software environment. Each one of the three has some advantages regarding the available packages that you could eventually install, but what's common between them is the fact that they are very stable and reliable and have vast communities which support them. The web hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, so as to give you more flexibility. When 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 you the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting
The dedicated servers that we offer come with as many as 3 different Operating Systems because we want to offer you more flexible packages which will enable you to install and run any kind of web software whatever its system requirements. The choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are among the most stable and secure ones, not mentioning that they do not have any kind of license costs. All three have lots of developers who have created countless software packages that you can install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you select when you sign up. In case you need a different OS subsequently, it will not 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 any patches that are released for it.