Each personal computer or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program that interacts with the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a mouse and a printer, as well as 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 OS. On a server, every single app runs within the parameters specified by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etc. This is valid for both standard Internet site scripts and server-side software like a media server. In case a virtual server is set up on a physical one, there can be two independent Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, which means that you can set up a different software environment on the same machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

If you select one of our VPS server plans, you will have three different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just one OS, since the apps that you may want to run on the server could have specific requirements about the software environment. Each of the three has some advantages regarding the available packages that you can eventually install, but what's common between them is the fact that they're really secure and dependable and have huge communities which support them. The internet hosting Control Panel alternatives for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, so as to provide you with more flexibility. If 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 a matter of minutes. We also offer the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

We offer three Operating Systems with our dedicated server solutions - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are all different Linux distributions and we offer them not only because they are cost-free and they won't increase the cost of your new hosting server, but also because they are very secure and stable. Each one of them is supported by a large community of web developers, so you will be able to choose from many hundreds of software packages that you could install on your server in case the application that you intend to employ has specific requirements. The Operating System will also determine what web hosting Control Panel you can use because the Control Panels that we offer are compatible with particular OSs only and because we would like to give you as much freedom as possible, we offer several OSs and multiple Control Panels. If you get a server with a certain OS, we can change it upon request in case it turns out that you need alternative one. We could also keep your OS updated on a weekly basis as part of the useful Managed Services upgrade.