An Operating System is the software which communicates with the hardware of a computer system and functions as the intermediary between all the applications and the hardware, which includes peripheral devices such as a printer, a computer mouse or a keyboard. When you run software, it sends 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). A lot like a personal computer, web hosting servers also have an Operating System that serves as a host for the software installed on them, including script apps or server-side software such as a flash server, a VOIP server, and so on. A virtual machine can be created on a physical one, so you'll be able to install a guest OS on it and have a different system environment in contrast to the physical server host OS.
Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting
If you pick one of our virtual private server packages, you will have 3 different Operating Systems to select from - CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu. They're all Linux distributions and we offer them instead of offering just one OS, because the apps that you might want to run on the server could have specific requirements for the software environment. Each of these three has certain advantages with regard to the available packages that you could later install, but what's common between them is that they are really secure and reliable and have vast communities which support them. The hosting Control Panel choices for the VPS accounts depend on your OS choice, in order to provide you with more flexibility. In case you order the virtual server with one OS and you need another one later, our tech support team can easily reinstall the VPS with the new one in just a few minutes. We also offer the option to keep the Operating System on your server up-to-date on a weekly basis.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting
The dedicated servers that we offer can be installed with three different Operating Systems as we want to offer you more versatile plans which will permit you to install and run any type of web software whatever its system requirements. Your options are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are some of the most dependable and safe ones, not mentioning that they do not have any kind of license costs. All three have numerous developers that have created countless software packages that you'll be able to install and use on your hosting server. We also offer three internet hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you choose when you register. If you need another OS subsequently, it will not be a problem as we can always reinstall your server. With our Managed Services package we can also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with all patches which are released for it.