An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a computer system and serves as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, including peripherals such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it transmits requests to the OS using an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Identical to a personal computer, web servers also use an Operating System which serves as a host for any 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 created on a physical one, so it is possible to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host OS.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

If you choose to purchase one of our VPS server packages, you will be able to choose one of the three Linux distributions which we provide for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most popular and most stable server OSs available and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you intend to install some application with specific requirements regarding the packages that have to be present on the web server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use will depend on the OS that you've picked. We leave the option to replace the server Operating System open, so if you want to use an app that requires an OS different from the one you have, we can always re-install the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing any security updates which may be released.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server plans that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license fees, but they’re also known as the most stable and secure OSs. We offer three different ones for the reason that each one of them is supported by a separate community. The packages which you could add on your web server are different and this may matter in case you need to install some piece of software with particular requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the internet hosting Control Panel that you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the OS that you'll select. You can pick 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 optional service that you can add to the plan at any moment, we can update the OS regularly in order to keep it as secure as possible.