An Operating System is the fundamental software which controls a computer system. It controls how your hardware behaves, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between the installed applications, plus the prioritization of apps if several run concurrently. Every program that's installed on a computer works by sending requests to the OS for different services by using an application program interface (API). The contact with the OS can be achieved using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the hosting field, the Operating System is what runs a web server as well as any software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but also any other application such as a VOIP or a game server. When there're virtual machines created, they employ a guest OS that is run on the server host OS.
Multiple OS in VPS Servers
If you select one of our VPS server plans, you will have three different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them instead of offering just a single OS, as the applications that you might choose to run on the server could have specific requirements for the software environment. Each of these three has certain advantages regarding the available plans that you can afterwards install, but what's common between them is that they are very stable and reliable and have vast communities which 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. If 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 matter of minutes. We also offer the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers
The dedicated servers that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems as we want to give you more flexible plans that will let you install and run any 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 fees. All three have lots of developers that have created numerous software packages that you could install and use on your web hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you choose when you sign up. In case you need another OS afterwards, it will not be a problem as we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with any patches that are available for it.