An Operating System is the low-level software that controls a PC. It takes care of how the hardware functions, the communication with peripheral devices like a monitor, a printer or a keyboard, the allocation of memory between apps, and the prioritization of applications when multiple ones run at the same time. Any program which is installed on a computer system operates by sending requests to the OS for different services using an application program interface (API). The interaction with the OS is possible using a Graphical User Interface (GUI) or a command line. In the web hosting field, the OS is what runs a hosting server as well as all the software installed on it, which includes not only website scripts, but, in addition any other application such as a VOIP or a game server. If there are virtual machines created, they work with a guest OS that runs on the server host OS.
Multiple OS in VPS
In case you select one of our virtual private server solutions, you will have as many as 3 different Operating Systems to pick from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them instead of offering just one OS, since the applications that you might choose to run on the server could have specific requirements regarding the software environment. Each of these three has some pros with regard to the available packages that you may afterwards install, but what is common between them is that they are really stable and reliable and have vast communities that support them. The hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your Operating System choice, so as to provide you with more flexibility. When 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 couple of minutes. We also offer you the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Hosting
The dedicated servers that we offer can be set up with as many as 3 different Operating Systems as we want to offer you more flexible plans which will permit you to install and run any kind of web software irrespective of its system requirements. The choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are some of the most dependable and secure ones, not mentioning that they do not have any license costs. All three have a large number of developers that have created a huge number of software packages that you could install and use on your web hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one you can use will depend on the Operating System that you select when you sign up. In case you need a different OS afterwards, it won't 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 all patches that are available for it.