Each and every desktop or notebook or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level software which communicates with the hardware equipment, including peripheral devices such as a mouse and a printer, along with any applications that are currently installed 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 OS. On a server, each application runs within the parameters established by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etcetera. This goes for both standard site scripts and server-side software such as a media server. If a virtual server is created on a physical one, there can be two separate Operating Systems, called guest OS and host OS, so you can set up a different software environment on the very same machine.

Multiple OS in VPS Servers

If you pick one of our VPS server solutions, you'll have three different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux releases and we offer them rather than offering just a single OS, since the applications that you may want to run on the server may have specific requirements regarding the software environment. Each one of the three has some pros in terms of the available plans that you can later install, but what's common between them is the fact that they're very stable and reliable and have large communities that support them. The hosting Control Panel options for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, so as to give you 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 the option to maintain the Operating System on your server up-to-date weekly.

Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers

The dedicated server solutions that we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems to choose from. They are all Linux release - Ubuntu, CentOS and Debian, and not only do they have no license charges, but they are also known as the most reliable and risk-free OSs. We offer three different ones for the reason that each one of them is supported by a separate community. The packages which you could add on your server are different and this could matter in case you want to install some piece of software with specific requirements for the hosting environment. In this light, the hosting Control Panel which you can select for the dedicated server also depends on the Operating System that you'll choose. You can pick any of the three Operating Systems during the order procedure, however if needed, we can always set up the server anew with a different one upon your request. As an additional service that you could add to the package any time, we can update your OS on a regular basis to keep it as risk-free as possible.