Every single personal computer or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software which interacts with the hardware equipment, including peripherals such as a mouse or a printer, as well as any applications that are currently installed 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 web server, any application runs within the parameters defined 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. When a virtual server is generated on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, so that you will be able to set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

In case you decide to acquire one of our VPS server packages, you will be able to pick one of the three Linux releases which we offer for the OS of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most widespread and most reliable server OSs available on the market and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you need to install some application with specific requirements regarding the packages that must be present on the server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you can use depends on the OS that you have selected. We leave the chance to change the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an app that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always reinstall the VPS. In addition, we can keep the OS up-to-date on a weekly basis by installing any security updates that may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server packages that we offer come with three different Operating Systems to select from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also regarded as the most reliable and secure OSs. We supply three different ones because each of them is backed by a different community. The packages that you could add on your server are different and this may matter if you want to install some piece of software with particular requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the OS that you will select. You can select any of the three Operating Systems throughout the order procedure, however if necessary, we can always set up the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an additional service that you may add to the plan at any moment, we can update the OS regularly to keep it as risk-free as possible.