Each PC or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program which communicates with the hardware equipment, including peripherals such as a mouse or a printer, along with any applications that are installed on the system. Any program input through a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is processed by sending an Application Program Interface (API) request to the Operating System. On a web server, every single app runs within the parameters established by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etcetera. This goes for both standard Internet site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. In case a virtual server is set up on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, called guest OS and host OS, which means that you will be able to set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting

We offer you as many as 3 different Linux distributions for the Operating System of our virtual private servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are some of the safest and the most reliable OSs out there and we offer all three of them instead of just 1 as we realize that you may want to install some software that has specific requirements with regards to the Operating System it will run on. The latter is due to the fact that each of the three Operating Systems has a large support community behind it and there are different software applications you may install on the hosting server. Your OS choice will also determine what hosting Control Panel can be installed on the VPS if you wish to use one and because of this we offer several Control Panels as well. Should you decide that you need to have a different OS, our technical support can quickly wipe the present one and set up the one that you'd like. We also offer an optional service to maintain the OS on your VPS updated weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to pick from. They are all Linux distributions - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license taxes, but they’re also considered to be among the most stable and secure OSs. We supply three different ones as each of them is backed by a separate community. The packages which you can add on your server are different and this may matter if you need to install some piece of software with specific requirements about the hosting environment. In this light, the web hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server is also determined by the OS that you'll select. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order process, but if needed, we can always install the server anew with an alternative one upon your request. As an optional service that you may add to the package at any time, we can update the OS regularly to keep it as secure as possible.