Each PC or web server is run by an Operating System - the low-level program that interacts with the hardware, including peripherals such as a mouse or a printer, and any apps that are installed on your 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 OS. On a web server, every single app runs within the parameters established by the OS as well - priority, physical memory, processing time, etc. This is valid for both standard Internet 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, which means that you can set up a different software environment on a single machine.
Multiple OS in VPS Web Hosting
If you choose to go for one of our virtual private server plans, you'll be able to opt for one of the three Linux distributions that we provide for the Operating System of the servers - CentOS, Ubuntu and Debian. These are among the most widely used and most dependable server OSs on the market and we offer them in order to give you a choice for the software environment of your machine if you would like to install some application with specific requirements with regards to the packages that should be present on the hosting server. We also offer three hosting Control Panels and which one of them you could use depends on the OS that you've selected. We leave the chance to change the server Operating System open, so when you want to use an app that requires an OS different from the one you already have, we can always re-install the VPS. We can also keep the OS up-to-date weekly by installing all the security updates which may be available.
Multiple OS in Dedicated Servers Hosting
The dedicated servers that we offer can be set up with as many as three different Operating Systems as we want to offer you more flexible solutions that will let you install and run any type of web software whatever its system requirements. Your choices are CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu and these three OSs are among the most stable and risk-free ones, not mentioning that they don't have any license charges. All three have a large number of developers who have created countless software packages that you may install and use on your web hosting server. We also offer three web hosting Control Panels and which one you can use depends on the Operating System that you choose when you register. In case you need another OS afterwards, it will not be a problem since we can always reinstall your machine. With our Managed Services package we could also keep your OS secure by upgrading it on a weekly basis with all patches that are released for it.