Every single PC or server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software which interacts with the hardware, including peripherals such as a mouse and a printer, as well as any applications that are present on your 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 Operating System. 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 site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. In case a virtual server is generated on a physical one, there can be two different Operating Systems, referred to as guest OS and host OS, so that you'll be able to set up a different software environment on a single machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

If you choose to purchase one of our VPS server packages, you will be able to pick one of the three Linux releases which we provide for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. They are among the most widespread and most dependable server OSs out there and we offer them so that you have a choice for the software environment of your machine in case that you need to install some app with particular requirements in terms of the packages that must be present on the server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you may use will depend on the OS that you have chosen. We leave the option to replace the server Operating System open, so if you want to use an app that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always reinstall the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all of the security updates that may be available.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with as many as 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 safe OSs. We offer three different ones as each one of them is backed by a separate community. The packages that you could add on your web server are different and this may matter if you need to install some piece of software with particular requirements regarding 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 pick. You can select any of the three Operating Systems during the order process, yet if needed, we can always set up the server anew with an alternative one upon your request. As an additional service that you may add to the plan at any time, we can update your OS regularly in order to keep it as secure as possible.