An Operating System is the software which interacts with the hardware of a computer system and works as the intermediary between the installed applications and the hardware, including peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run an application, it transfers requests to the OS through an API (Application Program Interface) and the communication is done via a command line or a Graphical User Interface (GUI). Just like a personal computer, hosting servers also feature an Operating System that functions as a host for any software installed on them, including script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and many others. A virtual machine can be set up on a physical one, so you can install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast with the physical server host Operating System.
Multiple OS in VPS Servers
We offer as many as 3 different Linux distributions for the Operating System of our VPS servers - Debian, CentOS and Ubuntu. These are among the most stable and reliable OSs you can get and we offer all three rather than only one as we realize that you might want to install some software which has specific requirements regarding the Operating System it will run on. The latter is because each of the three Operating Systems has a large support community behind it and there're different software applications you could install on the web hosting server. Your OS selection will also determine what hosting Control Panel can be installed on the VPS if you want to use one and for this reason we offer several Control Panels as well. Should you decide that you need to have a different OS, our tech support can quickly wipe the current one and install the one that you'd like. In addition, we offer an optional service to maintain the OS on your VPS updated weekly.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers
The dedicated servers we offer come with as many as three different Operating Systems because we want to give you more flexible packages which will permit you to install and run any type of web software whatever its system requirements. The choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these 3 OSs are some of the most reliable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they do not have any kind of license fees. All three have a large number of developers that have created numerous software packages that you'll be able to install and use on your 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. If you need a different OS afterwards, it will not be a problem because we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by updating it every week with all patches which are released for it.